Ak. Dharmadhikari et al., LOW-COST FAST SWITCH USING A STACK OF BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS AS A POCKELCELL DRIVER, Review of scientific instruments, 67(12), 1996, pp. 4399-4400
A fast high voltage switch to discharge a capacitive load using a stac
k of bipolar junction transistors is described. The switch operating a
t a voltage of 3.5 kV has a fall time (90%-10%) of similar to 2 ns. Wi
th a capacitive load (pockel cell) the pulse fall time increases to 6
ns. The life of the stack is >50 million shots. (C) 1996 American Inst
itute of Physics.