A Sealed-Off Pseudospark Switch With Nanosecond Stability of Triggering

Autor:	P. A. Bak, Oleg B. Frants, Yury D. Korolev, N. V. Landl, Vladimir G. Geyman, Grigoriy A. Argunov, Alexander V. Akimov, P. V. Logachev
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Glow discharge Materials science Pulse (signal processing) business.industry Nanosecond Cathode Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Anode law Electrode Pseudospark switch Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Jitter
Zdroj:	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 68:4692-4697
ISSN:	1557-9646 0018-9383
DOI:	10.1109/ted.2021.3096182
Popis:	This article describes the modified version of the commercially produced pseudospark switch TPI1-10k/50 (pulsed current—10 kA and anode voltage—up to 50 kV) and the results of testing. The main idea of the modification was to use the high-voltage electrode system of this switch but to incorporate the novel trigger unit in the main cathode cavity. This unit uses the auxiliary glow discharge with hollow cathode and hollow anode. The modified switch is intentionally developed for parallel operation of a large number of the switches to a common load. In such conditions, the nanosecond triggering stability of the switches is required. The results of tests demonstrate that the minimum delay time of triggering (the time interval between the instant of arrival of the trigger pulse and the instant of starting the main discharge current) amounts to 80 ns with a jitter of 3 ns. At a decreased hydrogen pressure, the delay time is not increased essentially and amounts to 105 ns with a jitter of 6 ns.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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