High voltage magnetic compression modulator
AssigneeSoreq Nuclear Research Center
InventorsMiki Wolf, Alex Pokryvailo, Yefim Yankelevich, Eli Abramzon
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Abstract
A high voltage magnetic compression modulator including a low-voltage part including an energy source connected to a primary winding of a pulsed transformer, and a high-voltage part including a secondary winding of the pulsed transformer connected to a capacitor, the capacitor being connected to a magnetic switch, the magnetic switch being connected to a load, characterized in that a unidirectional low-impedance path for the charge of the capacitor is connected in parallel to the load.
Claims12
A high voltage magnetic compression modulator comprising:
- a low-voltage part comprising an energy source connected to a primary winding of a pulsed transformer;
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- a high-voltage part comprising a secondary winding of said pulsed transformer connected to a capacitor, said capacitor being connected to a magnetic switch, said magnetic switch being connected to a load;
- characterized in that a unidirectional low-impedance path for the charge of said capacitor is connected in parallel to said load.
A high voltage magnetic compression modulator comprising:
- a low-voltage part comprising a charger with a first terminal connected to a first terminal of a storage capacitor and to a first terminal of a fast high-current commutator, and with a second terminal connected to a second terminal of said commutator and to a first terminal of a low-voltage winding of a pulsed transformer, the second terminal of said low-voltage winding being connected to the second terminal of said storage capacitor;
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- a high-voltage part formed by said high-voltage transformer wound on a ferromagnetic core whose secondary winding is connected in parallel to a first capacitor and by a first of its terminals to a first terminal of a second capacitor, and by a second of its terminals to a first terminal of a magnetic switch, a second terminal of the magnetic switch being connected to a first terminal of a load, a second terminal of said secondary winding being connected to a second terminal of said load;
- characterized in that a low-impedance path is provided for the charge of said second capacitor through a freewheeling diode connected in parallel to said load.
The high voltage magnetic compression modulator according to claim. 6, wherein said ferromagnetic core has a rectangular magnetization curve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.