Power modulator having at least one pulse generating module; multiple cores; and primary windings parallel-connected such that each pulse generating module drives all cores

A power modulator having at least two pulse generating modules, and including at least one secondary winding that surrounds all of a plurality of magnetic cores, each of said at least two pulse generating modules comprising:

• an energy storage capacitor and switching means electronically controllable at turn-on and turn-off, and at least one diode or an assembly of series-connected diodes connected in parallel with the output conductors of said pulse generating module:
• wherein each pulse generating module further includes a set of primary windings, each said primary winding in each said set of primary winding surrounding a respective one of said plurality of magnetic cores, and each said primary winding in each said set of primary windings being connected in parallel to at least one said pulse generating module to thereby provide a power modulator wherein each of said at least two pulse generating modules drives all of said plurality of magnetic cores.