Lumped transmission line avalanche pulser

Title: Lumped transmission line avalanche pulser

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A lumped linear avalanche transistor pulse generator utilizes stacked transistors in parallel within a stage and couples a plurality of said stages, in series with increasing zener diode limited voltages per stage and decreasing balanced capacitance load per stage to yield a high voltage, high and constant current, very short pulse. 8 figs.

Inventors:: Booth, R.

Issue Date:: 1995-07-18

OSTI Identifier:: 87742

Assignee:: Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States) PTO; SCA: 240100; PA: EDB-95:117021; SN: 95001431588

Patent Number(s):: US 5,434,456/A/

Application Number:: PAN: 8-015,105

Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 18 Jul 1995

Research Org:: University of California

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; POWER SYSTEMS; HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATORS; OPERATION; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION

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