Development of Miniature Pulsed Power Generator

Presently, all the solid-state pulsed power generators have been developed for industrial applications, such as exhaust gases control, ozone generation, treatment of dioxins and laser excitation [1, 2]. However, miniature pulsed power generator which is suitable for portable applications, e.g. in a vehicle is rarely proposed. In this paper, a miniaturized pulsed power generator using a single-stage magnetic pulse- compression circuit (MPC) is introduced. Furthermore a semiconductor opening switch (SOS) diode was employed as the final power compression and produces a nanosecond rise time to the generator output [3]. In addition, nowadays, medical treatment using Nitrogen monoxide (NO) was extended. And discharging plasma with micro size in the air can generate NO. In this paper, two kinds of miniature pulsed power generators are reported.