1. A new family of marx generators based on commutation circuits.
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Zabihi, Sasan, Zare, Firuz, Ledwich, Gerard, Ghosh, Arindam, and Akiyama, Hidenori
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ELECTRIC generators , *COMMUTATION (Electricity) , *ELECTRIC circuits , *ELECTRIC potential , *CAPACITORS , *SEMICONDUCTOR diodes , *TOPOLOGY , *CONVERTERS (Electronics) - Abstract
This paper presents a novel topology for the generation of high voltage pulses that uses both slow and fast solid-state power switches. This topology includes diode-capacitor units in parallel with commutation circuits connected to a positive buck-boost converter. This enables the generation of a range of high output voltages with a given number of capacitors. The advantages of this topology are the use of slow switches and a reduced number of diodes in comparison with conventional Marx generator. Simulations performed for single and repetitive pulse generation and experimental tests of a prototype hardware verify the proposed topology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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