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AssigneeFuse Energy Technologies Corp.
InventorsVahid Damideh, Jean-Christoph Btaiche, Alexei Akoulov, Isaac Hassen
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Methods and devices for pressurization of a pulsed-power driver are presented. According to one aspect, independent pressurization of gas switches for each stage of the pulsed-power driver is provided. Independent pressurization is provided via an air delivery system comprising a plurality of separate stage-specific air delivery subsystems. Each air delivery subsystem is further segmented according to a plurality of sectors, each sector configured to pressurize a group of gas switches. Gas switches of a group of axially adjacent stages are pressurized according to a pressurization profile that increases or decreases the pressure in a downstream direction of the driver. Gas switches of another group of axially adjacent stages are pressurized according to a constant/fixed pressure. The increasing pressurization profile to self-triggered stages reduces misfiring of the stages. The increasing/decreasing pressurization profile to self-triggered stages and the constant pressurization to externally triggered stages control a pulse shape output by the driver.
A pulsed-power driver with independent stage pressurization, comprising:
A method for reducing misfiring in a pulsed-power driver, the method comprising:
A method for controlling shape of an output pulse of a pulsed-power driver, the method comprising:
A method for controlling a shape of an output pulse of a pulsed-power driver, the method comprising:
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