Development of a high-current low-inductance crowbar switch for FRX-L

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1905-1915

  Grabowski, Cris ^a   Degnan, James H ^b   Cavazos, T ^a   Gale, Donald G ^a   Gilman, C ^a   Sommars, W ^a   Intrator, Tom P ^c   Taccetti, J Martin ^c   Waganaar, B ^c   Siemon, R E ^c   Wurden, Glen A ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable feedthroughs; Crowbar switches; Field reversed configurations; Pulsed power; Rail gap switches

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COAXIAL CABLES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING;

CAPACITOR BANK; CROWBAR SWITCH; FIELD REVERSED CONFIGURATION; RAIL-GAP SWITCHES;

SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

EID: 12244312513     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.805405     Document Type: Article

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