A review of short pulse generator technology

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-108

  Mankowski, John ^a   Kristiansen, Magne ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive store; Fast switching; High voltage; Inductive store; Marx generators; Opening switches; Picosecond; Pulse forming line; Pulse generators; Reed switches; Solid state switches; Spark gaps; Tesla transformer

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; REED RELAYS; SEMICONDUCTOR RELAYS;

HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES; MARX GENERATORS; SPARK GAP SWITCH; TESLA TRANSFORMER;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0033730961     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.842875     Document Type: Article

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