Opening Switch Performance into a Diode Load on FALCON

FALCON is a fast Marx bank which stores 1.1 MJ at an output voltage of 720kV. For the experiments described here, FALCON produced currents of 2.2 MA with a quarter period of 1.5 /spl mu/s into a diode short. Up to 61 kJ have been coupled into a bremsstrahlung diode in a 140-ns pulse. X-ray measureme...

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Main Authors: Roth, I.S., Goyer, J.R., Riordan, J.C., Childers, F.K., Kortbawi, D., Sincemy, P.S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Circuit simulation
Coupling circuits
Diodes
Electric variables measurement
Energy measurement
Monitoring
Surface impedance
Switches
Switching circuits
Voltage
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Summary:FALCON is a fast Marx bank which stores 1.1 MJ at an output voltage of 720kV. For the experiments described here, FALCON produced currents of 2.2 MA with a quarter period of 1.5 /spl mu/s into a diode short. Up to 61 kJ have been coupled into a bremsstrahlung diode in a 140-ns pulse. X-ray measurements corroborated the electrical measurements of the diode energy. The opening switch impedance has been the basis for circuit simulations of the DECADE generator.
DOI:10.1109/PPC.1991.733377