Preliminary performance results of the Cs-Ba Tacitron inverter

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/16.216441· OSTI ID:6293950

El-Genk, M S; Murray, C; Wernsman, B ^[1]; Kaibyshev, V; Djashiashvili, Y ^[2]

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1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque (United States)
2. I.V. Kurchatov Inst. of Atomic Energy, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Experiments were conducted which demonstrated that an inverter could be configured by connecting two Cs-Ba tacitrons in a push-pull mode with alternating voltage grid control. The inverter characteristics demonstrated in the thyratron mode include discharge current up to 20 A, collector voltage of 30 V, conduction voltage drop less than 2.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 10 kHz. In the tacitron mode, the inverter operated at a discharge current of up to 3.5 A, collector voltage of 25 V, conduction voltage drop of 3-3.5 V, and modulation frequencies up to 20 kHz. These attributes makes the Cs-Ba tacitron inverters suitable for low-voltage current sources, such as space nuclear reactor power systems.

• OSTI ID: 6293950
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 40:7; ISSN 0018-9383; ISSN IETDAI
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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