Jitter and Recovery Rate of a Triggered Spark Gap with High Pressure Gas Mixtures
Yeong-Jer Chen
Mankowski, J.J.
Walter, J.W.
Dickens, J.C.
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock
This paper appears in: Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2007. PPPS 2007. Conference Record - Abstracts. IEEE Publication Date: 17-22 June 2007
On page(s):
255
- 255
Location: Albuquerque, NM
ISSN: 0730-9244
ISBN: 978-1-4244-0915-0
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/PPPS.2007.4345561
Current Version Published: 2007-10-15
Abstract
Summary form only given. Recent attention in impulse antenna phased array has necessitated the need to develop a reliable high voltage, high repetition rate switch that will operate with ultra low jitter. An ideal jitter of a small fraction of the rise time is required to accurately synchronize the array to steer and preserve the rise time of the radiated pulse. This paper presents the impact, gases and gas mixtures have on switch performance which includes recovery rate and in particular, jitter. A 50 Omega, 2.4 nF pulse forming line is charged to 50 kV and provides the low inductance voltage source to test the different gases. Triggering is provided by an SOS voltage source that supplies >100 kV, 10 ns rise-time pulses at a rep rate up to 1 kHz in burst mode. A hermetically sealed spark gap with a Kel-F lining is used to house the switch and high pressure gas. The system will also introduce a high pressure gas mixing chamber that can mix various gases up to 2000 psi. Gases tested include dry air, H2, and SF6.
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