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Gas tube-switched high voltage DC power converter

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1440742
A direct current (DC)-DC converter includes a transformer and a gas tube-switched inverter circuit. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. The gas tube-switched inverter circuit includes first and second inverter load terminals and first and second inverter input terminals. The first and second inverter load terminals are coupled to the primary winding. The first and second inverter input terminals are couplable to a DC node. The gas tube-switched inverter circuit further includes a plurality of gas tube switches respectively coupled between the first and second inverter load terminals and the first and second inverter input terminals. The plurality of gas tube switches is configured to operate to generate an alternating current (AC) voltage at the primary winding.
Research Organization:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000298
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
9,973,092
Application Number:
15/136,375
OSTI ID:
1440742
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Cold cathode thyratron development for pulsed power applications conference January 2002

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