Sj. Macgregor et al., THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A COMPACT HIGH-VOLTAGE, HIGH PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY TRIGGER GENERATOR, Measurement science & technology (Print), 9(11), 1998, pp. 1899-1905
A high-voltage trigger generator has been developed to trigger an in-l
ine plasma closing transfer switch. The trigger generator is capable o
f producing 70 kV voltage pulses, having a rise time and duration of 1
0 and 60 ns respectively. It uses a 4x stacked Blumlein cable generato
r fired using a triggered corona stabilized (TCS) switch and is fully
controllable in frequency from single shot up to 10 kHz in a burst mod
e. The device is very compact, portable and is operated via a fibre op
tic link from a solid state pulse generator. The trigger generator can
also be used as a fast high-voltage, high peak power and high-frequen
cy driving device.