A low-impedance high-voltage bipolar pulse former

Resumo

The results on the formation of bipolar pulses with amplitudes of up to 100 kV, a duration of 2 ns, and a pulse repetition rate of 100 Hz across a 12.5-Ω load are presented. Lines with a characteristic impedance of 6.25 Ω were switched using multichannel ring switches with 70-mm-diameter electrodes in a nitrogen medium at a pressure of 40–60 atm. At a pressure of 40 atm, the rms deviation of the operation time of the sharpening switch reaches 40 ps at a voltage-pulse rise rate of 7 × 10¹³ V/s at the electrodes. As the pressure increases, the stability of the output bipolar pulses deteriorates; this is probably associated with a disturbance of the multichannel-switching mode in the sharpening switch. The performed simulation of the pulse-former operation showed that the energy loss in the switches reaches 40% of the stored energy in the output line of the Sinus-160 generator.