Commercial High Current Ignitron Development

Abstract

Our overall goal is to develop and qualify devices capable of repetitively switching high peak currents (>1 MA) and large quantities of charge (>500 C). In 1988 we designed and tested a hollow-anode ignitron at levels of up 925 kA and 280 C per shot[1]. This level is three times that previously achieved with standard, commercially available tubes[2]. Our latest designs, developed with the cooperation of industry, incorporate a hollow anode into an industrial ignitron. Prototypes have recently achieved levels of 770 kA and 270 C per shot.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA638125

Entities

People

  • A. P. Shulski
  • D. B. Cummings
  • K. S. Leighton
  • R. Kihara

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Capacitors
  • Charge Transfer
  • Circuits
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Voltage
  • Life Tests
  • Resistance
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standards
  • Steel
  • Test Beds

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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