• DocumentCode
    3481627
  • Title

    Design and test of a 600 kW, 25 A average, long pulse modulator

  • Author

    Legg, R. ; Russell, T. ; Turnquist, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Boeing Aerosp. Corp., Seattle, WA, USA
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    20-22 Jun 1988
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    79
  • Abstract
    The design and and test of a high-power soft tube modulator is described. The modulator successfully produced a 250 μs, 30 MW peak output pulse at 70 Hz with an average power of 500 kW. An English electric valve CX1536A thyratron successfully handled average currents in excess of 30 A. The output pulse is regulated to a few per cent, within the accuracy of the current transformer used. The operating parameters of the modulator are discussed, and the system configuration is described
  • Keywords
    current transformers; modulators; pulsed power technology; thyratrons; 25 A; 250 mus; 600 kW; 70 Hz; English electric valve CX1536A thyratron; current transformer; soft tube long pulse modulators; Impedance; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Pulse modulation; Pulsed power supplies; Resonance; Switches; Testing; Thyratrons; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Modulator Symposium, 1988. IEEE Conference Record of the 1988 Eighteenth
  • Conference_Location
    Hilton Head, SC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MODSYM.1988.26239
  • Filename
    26239