A Battery-Powered, Solid-State Magnetic Compressor with Applications for High-PRF Accelerators and Lasers

Abstract

An 8-J/pulse magnetic pulse compressor has been built to demonstrate a power conditioning technique whereby battery power is converted into a train of 5-Its pulses at a maximum pulse repetition frequency of 11 kHz. The machine employs inverter-grade thyristors that switch with less than 120-ps pulse-to-pulse jitter. The network uses a phased-triggering scheme to obtain an output voltage regulation of + or - 0.002%. Magnetic core reset is achieved by using a reflected portion of the output pulse from a mismatched load.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA639738

Entities

People

  • B. L. Burley
  • D. M. Barrett
  • E. E. Bowles
  • H. C. Kirbie
  • M. A. Newton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Compressors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Frequency
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Magnetic Cores
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Regulations
  • Regulators
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifiers
  • Thyristors
  • Voltage Regulation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy