FPGA-controlled all-solid-state nanosecond pulse generator for biological applications

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10 PART 1, 2012, Pages 2366-2372

  Yao, Chenguo ^a   Zhang, Ximing ^a   Guo, Fei ^a   Dong, Shoulong ^a   Mi, Yan ^a   Sun, Caixin ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All solid state; Control; Field programmable gate array (FPGA); Marx circuit; Nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF); Pulse generator

Indexed keywords

ALL-SOLID STATE; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CONTROL CIRCUITS; HIGH-VOLTAGES; IN-VIVO; INPUT VOLTAGES; MARX GENERATORS; METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; NANOSECOND PULSE; NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATORS; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; PULSEWIDTHS; REPETITION RATE; REPETITIVE PULSE; RESISTIVE LOADS; RISETIMES;

ATMOSPHERICS; CELL DEATH; CONTROL; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); MOSFET DEVICES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 84867577900     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2012.2188908     Document Type: Article

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