High power repetitive waveforms generated by compact stacked blumlein pulsers

Conference Record of the 1994 21st International Power Modulator Symposium, MODSYM 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 201-205

  Davanloo, F ^a   Borovina, D L ^a   Bhawalkar, J D ^a   Collins, C B ^a   Agee, F J ^b   Kingsley, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSE GENERATORS;

BLUMLEIN PULSE; BLUMLEIN PULSERS; CHARGING VOLTAGE; COMPACT DEVICES; HIGH POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; SMALL SCALE; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCHES;

EID: 33747326205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MODSYM.1994.597078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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