SIMPLE PROBES AND ATTENUATORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-VOLTAGE SUBNANOSECOND PULSES

The design and development of a simple capacitive and resistive divide r along with attenuators are described for fast high-voltage measureme nt, These probes are very simple and show sub-nanosecond time response s. These can be used as developmental or monitoring diagnostics for fa st high-voltage pulser circuits. Our study also indicates that even si mple grooved carbon film resistances can be used to fabricate sub-nano second-response-time attenuators useful for measurement of fast pulses up to about 5 kV amplitude.