High voltage pulse generator for high-energy beam kickers

An inductive adder comprising:

• a plurality of switch boards, each of the plurality of switch boards comprising a plurality of solid state switches, the plurality of switch boards stacked one upon another, and each of the plurality of plurality of switch boards produce an output greater than 1.0 kV;
• a transformer comprising:
• a plurality of toroid-shaped transformer cores disposed on the plurality of switch boards;
• and
• a transformer rod that extends through the plurality of switch boards and the plurality of transformer cores;
• an output electrically coupled with the transformer rod;
• and
• an output stray inductance less than about 10 pH;
• wherein the each of the plurality of circuit boards include a tailbiter circuit electrically coupled in parallel with the output, each of the plurality of tailbiter circuits comprises a tailbiter switch and a tailbiter resistor.

An inductive adder comprising:

• a plurality of switch boards, each of the plurality of switch boards comprising a plurality of solid state switches, the plurality of switch boards stacked one upon another, wherein each switch board comprises a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layer has a dielectric constant lower than about 4;
• a transformer comprising:
• a plurality of toroid-shaped transformer cores disposed on the plurality of switch boards;
• and
• a transformer rod that extends through the plurality of switch boards and the plurality of transformer cores;
• and
• an output electrically coupled with the transformer rod.