An EnantioMorphic BLumlein ultra-wideband source

Conference · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10179421

Rinehart, L F; Buttram, M T; Crowe, W R; Clark, R S; Lundstrom, J M; Patterson, P E

Working designs exist for 1 GW, 1 kHz ultra-wideband (UWB) sources (e. g. SNIPER). As these generators are pressed to higher peak powers and repetition rates, insulation, energy loss due to stray capacitance, and system efficiency (including power supplies and modulators) become critical issues. The EnantioMorphic (mirror image) BLumlein (EMBL) is a new type of vector inversion transmission line pulser which is designed to alleviate some of these problems. The design goals for EMBL are: 10 GW peak power, 700 kV,{approximately}1 kHz rep-rate and <100 ps risetime in a 50 ohm geometry. A gas spark gap peaking switch adds UWB frequency components to the EMBL output pulse.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 10179421
• Report Number(s): SAND--92-0878C; CONF-9208127--4; ON: DE92040091
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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