Development and evaluation of systems for controlling parallel high di/dt thyratrons

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5254379

Litton, A; McDuff, G

Increasing numbers of high power, high repetition rate applications dictate the use or thyratrons in multiple of hard parallel configurations to achieve the required rate of current rise, di/dt. This in turn demands the development of systems to control parallel thyratron commutation with nanosecond accuracy. Such systems must be capable of real-time, fully-automated control in multi-kilohertz applications while still remaining cost effective. This paper describes the evolution of such a control methodology and system.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5254379
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-1605; CONF-820626-9; ON: DE82018355
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15. power modulator symposium, Baltimore, MD, USA, 14 Jun 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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