Power Ring Pulse Capacitor

A pulsed power capacitor having the shape of a closed path ring, comprised of a plurality of windings of at least two metallized dielectric films selected from the list including but not limited to polypropylene and polyester, where the dielectric film thickness is selected to have a value between 0.1 and 100 microns, with electrical connections made to the lateral edges on each side of the wound films, with a thickness less than twice the distance from the center to the outer continuous surface;

• means of forming the windings onto a mechanical housing suitable for containing the electrical load connected to the capacitor;
• means of establishing electrical connections between the two largest opposing surfaces of the capacitor and the electrical load placed in the housing located within the inner opening of the capacitor.

A pulsed power capacitor having the shape of a closed path ring, comprised of a plurality of windings of at least two metallized dielectric films selected from the list including but not limited to polypropylene and polyester, where the dielectric film thickness is selected to have a value between 0.1 and 100 microns, with electrical connections made to the lateral edges on each side of the wound films, with a thickness less than twice the distance from the center to the outer continuous surface;

• means of forming the windings onto the electrical load connected to the capacitor;
• means of establishing electrical connections between the two largest opposing surfaces of the capacitor and the electrical load located within the inner opening of the capacitor windings.

A system for delivering high peak power or high peak current electrical pulses to an electrical load, comprised of a pulsed power capacitor having the shape of a closed path ring, formed from a plurality of windings of at least two metallized dielectric films selected from the list including but not limited to polypropylene and polyester, where the dielectric film thickness is selected to have a value between 0.1 and 100 microns, with electrical connections made to the lateral edges on each side of the wound films, with an inner opening dimension of at least one inch, with a thickness less than twice the distance from the center to the outer continuous surface;

• an electrical load located within the inner diameter of the capacitor;
• means of establishing electrical connections between the two capacitor electrodes and an electrical load located within the inner diameter of the capacitor.