High voltage pulse generator

A pulse generator comprising at least two plates, dielectric insulation between the at least two plates, terminals connected to the plates, a power source connected to the terminals for charging the plates and spaced electrodes connected to the plates for discharging the plates, and the plates forming a single turn sheet current by the discharging of the plates, wherein at least two of the plates form a capacitor and at least one of the at least two plates is an inductor.

A pulse generator comprising at least two plates, dielectric insulation between the at least two plates, terminals connected to the plates, a power source connected to the terminals for charging the plates and spaced electrodes connected to the plates for discharging the plates, and the plates forming a single turn sheet current by the discharging of the plates, wherein the terminals are disposed along a full length of edges of the cylindrical plates.

A pulse generator comprising a dielectric tube, and a capacitor/coil stack of single alternate layers of conductors and dielectric material on the tube and an inductor on an inside of the tube.

A pulse generator comprising a dielectric tube, and a capacitor/coil stack of alternate layers of conductors and dielectric material on the tube, wherein the conductors comprise conducting foil layers, and wherein the layers are in odd numbers.

A pulse generator comprising a dielectric tube, and a capacitor/coil stack of alternate layers of conductors and dielectric material on the tube, wherein the conductors comprise conducting foil layers, and wherein the terminals are a rail gap switch.

A pulse generator apparatus comprising a primary coil capacitor having spaced sheet conductors coiled in a tube and having ends of the conductors terminating in a gap extending in axial direction along the tube, and first and second terminals mounted at opposite sides of the gap, the spaced sheet conductors alternately connected to the first terminal and connected to the second terminal.

The method of pulse generation, comprising providing power from a high voltage generator driver to first and second terminals connected to a primary capacitor coil having stacked and coiled conductive sheets spaced by dielectric material for forming a capacitor, and alternately connected to the first and second terminals, and storing power in the stacked, coiled conductive sheets, shorting the terminals and discharging power from the coiled sheets, thereby creating a sheet current loop.