Multi-megavolt low jitter multistage switch
Abstract
It is one object of the present invention to provide a multistage switch capable of holding off numerous megavolts, until triggered, from a particle beam accelerator of the type used for inertial confinement fusion. The invention provides a multistage switch having low timing jitter and capable of producing multiple spark channels for spreading current over a wider area to reduce electrode damage and increase switch lifetime. The switch has fairly uniform electric fields and a short spark gap for laser triggering and is engineered to prevent insulator breakdowns.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5517091
- Application Number:
- ON: DE86013733
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; SWITCHES; SPECIFICATIONS; ACCELERATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; POWER SUPPLIES; SPARK GAPS; CONFINEMENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; 700203* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Power Supplies, Energy Storage; 700208 - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology
Citation Formats
Humphreys, D R, and Penn, Jr, K J. Multi-megavolt low jitter multistage switch. United States: N. p., 1985.
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Humphreys, D R, & Penn, Jr, K J. Multi-megavolt low jitter multistage switch. United States.
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"Multi-megavolt low jitter multistage switch". United States.
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author = {Humphreys, D R and Penn, Jr, K J},
abstractNote = {It is one object of the present invention to provide a multistage switch capable of holding off numerous megavolts, until triggered, from a particle beam accelerator of the type used for inertial confinement fusion. The invention provides a multistage switch having low timing jitter and capable of producing multiple spark channels for spreading current over a wider area to reduce electrode damage and increase switch lifetime. The switch has fairly uniform electric fields and a short spark gap for laser triggering and is engineered to prevent insulator breakdowns.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {1985},
month = {6}
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