The Design and Analysis of a Multi-Stage Meatgrinder Circuit

Abstract

This paper describes the determination of design requirements, performance analysis and design tools used in the design of an 11-step high efficiency high current gain device at the multi-megajoule energy level in addition to the efficiency improvement when compared with the conventional approach, the total switch power (ie., current x voltage) is reduced from twice the load power to roughly 1/3 the load power. The individual switch power is reduced to 1/18 the load power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA638530

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  • D. Giorgi
  • Judith Long
  • K. Lindner
  • O. Zucker
  • T. Navapanich

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Compression
  • Couplings
  • Current Density
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • High Voltage
  • Inductance
  • Inductors
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Storage
  • Switches
  • Time Compression

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