Current measurement using compensated coaxial shunts (thyristors)

Considers a purpose built current monitor. The work described concerns a coaxial current shunt with a new compensation system specifically designed for monitoring the anode and gate current in a GTO thyristor test rig. The shunt was designed to provide accurate current measurements of pulse currents of up to 5000 A with slew rates in excess of 5000 A mu s/sup -1/ and a rise time of less than 25 ns.<
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