System and method for high power pulse generator
AssigneeStangenes Industries, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Yeckel, Richard Cassel
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Abstract
A device and method for generating pulses to activate and deactivate a kicker magnet is provided. When the kicker magnet is deactivated the circuit generates and stores a magnetic field in an inductor. When the kicker magnet is activated, the circuit changes configuration so that the magnetic field and current stored in the inductor can provide the necessary current to activate the kicker magnet is a minimal amount of time. The configuration of the circuit changes via the use of switches. The switches can employ Zener diodes arranged so as to provide protection against high voltage events and rogue neutrinos that may bombard the switches when the kicker magnet is used in the context of deflecting a particle beam.
Claims26
A device for generating current pulses in a kicker magnet, the device comprising:
- one or more first switches:
- wherein when the one or more first switches are activated:
- the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from a power supply to an inductor;
- one or more second switches;
- wherein when the one or more second switches are activated:
- the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from the inductor to the kicker magnet;
- wherein the device is configured to activate the one or more first switches and deactivate the one or more second switches during a first time period;
- wherein the device is configured active the one or more second switches ad deactivate the one or more first during a second time period;
- and
- wherein a ratio of an inductance of the inductor and an inductance of the kicker magnet is configured so as to minimize the time in which a current is delivered to the kicker magnet.
A method for generating current pulses in a kicker magnet, the method comprising:
- operating a device in a first configuration, comprising:
- activating one or more first switches, wherein the one or more first switches when active are configured and arranged to provide a path for a current to flow from a power supply, through the one or more first switches, and into an inductor;
- and
- deactivating one or more second switches,
- wherein activating the one or more first switches and deactivating the one or more second switches occurs during a first time period;
- and
- operating the device in a second configuration, comprising:
- activating one or more second switches, wherein the one or more second switches when active are configured and arranged to provide a path for a current to flow from the inductor to the kicker magnet;
- deactivating the one or more first switches;
- wherein activating the one or more second switches and deactivating the one or more first switches occurs during a second time period;
- wherein a ratio of an inductance of the inductor and an inductance of the kicker magnet is configured so as to minimize the time in which a current is delivered to the kicker magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.