Advanced semiconductor switches for EM launchers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 394-397

  Singh, Hardev ^a,b   Hummer, Charles R ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil gun; Electromagnetic armor; Rail gun; Solid state switches

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BAND STRUCTURE; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; RAIL GUNS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS; THYRISTORS;

COIL GUN; ELECTRIC LAUNCHERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ARMOR; HIGH PRESSURE SPARK GAP SWITCHES; PULSED ALTERNATOR; SOLID STATE SWITCHES; SWITCHING PULSES; VACUUM SWITCHES;

SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

EID: 0035039008     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911862     Document Type: Article

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