Reverse switching dynistor pulsers

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1512-1519

  Schneider, Sol ^a   Podlesak, Thomas F ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Di dt; Dynistor; Gating; Pulser

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747236661     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.901224     Document Type: Article

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