An Improved, Explosively Actuated Closing Switch for Pulsed Power Applications
Abstract
An improved, explosively actuated closing switch has been developed for the Pegasus II capacitor bank. The new switch design uses an annular metal jet as the switch contact. It has lower resistance and inductance at early time than the original design. A parallel array of 24 switches on Pegasus II has a resistance of less than 10 micro(omega) after 300 ns. Measured time behaviors include an intrinsic jitter of 50 ns and a switching delay that depends inversely on the applied voltage.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA637798
Entities
People
- J. V. Parker
- James C.Bucky Cochrane
- R. R. Bartsch
- S. P. Marsh
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory