Design of a 150-kV 300-A 100-Hz Blumlein coaxial pulser for long-pulse operation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1622-1626

  Rossi, José Osvaldo ^a   Ueda, Mário ^a   Barroso, Joaquim José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blumlein generator; Coaxial line; High voltage pulser; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WINDING;

BLUMLEIN COAXIAL PULSER; HIGH VOLTAGE PULSER; LONG PULSE OPERATION;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0036826855     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.805323     Document Type: Article

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