Double-Bounce Switching
Abstract
Double-bounce switching is a technique for exploiting traveling waves in a transmission-line-type pulse forming system to reduce voltage requirements on pulse forming line (PFL) output switches. If a simple PFL (a de charged ideal transmission line with characteristic impedance Z) is switched into a matched load, then peak output power is v2/4Z, where V is output switch voltage. If the PFL is pulse-charged by another transmission line, and if geometries, circuit parameters, and switch points are chosen properly, then the PFL can inject a power much larger than v2/4Z into a matched load. This is the principle of double-bounce switching (so called because it exploits a doubly reflected charging wave in the PFL). Data from EAGLE experiments are presented which demonstrate that the technique works in a real geometry.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA638317
Entities
People
- George B. Frazier
- Steven R. Ashby