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View SchemaModeling of an Inductive Adder Kicker Pulser for Darht-II
| Authors | L. Wang, G. J. Caporaso, E. G. Cook |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0010007 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0010007 |
| Journal | eConf C00082 (2000) TUc09 |
Abstract
An all solid-state kicker pulser for a high current induction accelerator (the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test facility DARHT-2) has been designed and fabricated. This kicker pulser uses multiple solid state modulators stacked in an inductive-adder configuration. Each modulator is comprised of multiple metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) which quickly switch the energy storage capacitors across a magnetic induction core. Metglas is used as the core material to minimize loss. Voltage from each modulator is inductively added by a voltage summing stalk and delivered to a 50 ohm output cable. A lumped element circuit model of the inductive adder has been developed to optimize the performance of the pulser. Results for several stalk geometries will be compared with experimental data.
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"abstract": "An all solid-state kicker pulser for a high current induction accelerator\n(the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test facility DARHT-2) has been\ndesigned and fabricated. This kicker pulser uses multiple solid state\nmodulators stacked in an inductive-adder configuration. Each modulator is\ncomprised of multiple metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors\n(MOSFETs) which quickly switch the energy storage capacitors across a magnetic\ninduction core. Metglas is used as the core material to minimize loss. Voltage\nfrom each modulator is inductively added by a voltage summing stalk and\ndelivered to a 50 ohm output cable. A lumped element circuit model of the\ninductive adder has been developed to optimize the performance of the pulser.\nResults for several stalk geometries will be compared with experimental data.",
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"title": "Modeling of an Inductive Adder Kicker Pulser for Darht-II",
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