Solid State On-Off Pulse Switches using IGCT Technology

Summary form only given. A presentation is given about semiconductor devices used for on-off pulse applications and used in a 12 kVdc / 3.2 kA / 10 Hz solid state switch assembly. The switch assembly is built-up with IGCT technology and used for long pulse (1.6 ms) Klystron modulators. The design wa...

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Published in2007 IEEE 34th International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) p. 659
Main Authors Welleman, A., Fleischtnann, W., Kaesler, W.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2007
Subjects
Assembly
IGCT
Klystrons
Plasma applications
Plasma devices
Production
Pulse modulation
Pulse Modulator
Semiconductor devices
Solid State
Solid state circuits
Switch Assembly
Switches
Test facilities
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Summary:Summary form only given. A presentation is given about semiconductor devices used for on-off pulse applications and used in a 12 kVdc / 3.2 kA / 10 Hz solid state switch assembly. The switch assembly is built-up with IGCT technology and used for long pulse (1.6 ms) Klystron modulators. The design was made in 2002 and successfully implemented in the Tesla Test Facility (TTF) at DESY in Hamburg / Germany. The components and switches are in the position to switch and interrupt safely up to 4 kA. The presentation will inform about the IGCT devices, switch development, construction, production and commissioning of the complete assembly. Also reliability figures will be presented and the last 4 years of operation have shown that the switches are extremely rugged.
ISBN:9781424409150
1424409152
ISSN:0730-9244
2576-7208
DOI:10.1109/PPPS.2007.4345965