Erection of Compact Marx Generators

In recent decades, Marx generators have trended toward more compact topologies and have increasingly been used as part of high-power electromagnetic sources. The compact geometry is typically accomplished by simplifying the circuit design to the stage components according to the well-known theory of...

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Published inIEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 2902 - 2909
Main Authors Pouncey, Jon Cameron, Lehr, Jane M., Giri, D. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.06.2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Capacitance
Capacitors
Circuit design
Compact pulsed power
Construction
Generators
Marx generator
Marx generators
Optical switches
Resistors
spark gaps
Topology
triggering
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Summary:In recent decades, Marx generators have trended toward more compact topologies and have increasingly been used as part of high-power electromagnetic sources. The compact geometry is typically accomplished by simplifying the circuit design to the stage components according to the well-known theory of Marx erection with operational goals of hundreds of kilovolts at low energies per pulse. The ease in which these simple generators can be assembled belies the difficulty encountered in obtaining the performance seemingly predicted by the simple theory of operation. One often unanticipated behavior is the poor-to-nonexistent triggering performance observed in a compact Marx generator. A detailed circuit analysis of the compact Marx generator has yielded the root causes limiting the erection process, as well as providing guidelines for design and operation.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2019.2915034