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Nonlinear transmission line high voltage pulse sharpening

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1464504
Some embodiments include a high voltage nonlinear transmission line that includes a high voltage input configured to receive electrical pulses having a first peak voltage that is greater than 5 kV having a first rise time; a plurality of circuit elements electrically coupled with ground, each of the plurality of circuit elements includes a resistor and a nonlinear semiconductor junction capacitance device; a plurality of inductors, at least one of the plurality of inductors is electrically coupled between two circuit elements of the plurality of circuit elements; and a high voltage output providing a second peak voltage with a second rise time that is faster than the first rise time.
Research Organization:
Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0013747
Assignee:
EAGLE HARBOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Patent Number(s):
10,027,314
Application Number:
15/479,183
OSTI ID:
1464504
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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