Design of a New Type of Solid-State Coaxial Blumlein Pulse Forming Line

Due to the volume and weight of the coaxial Blumlein pulse forming line (B-PFL) with liquid energy storage medium are very large and energy storage density is relatively small, a new solid-state coaxial B-PFL is designed for the pulsed power technology in this paper. There are three conductor cylinders in the pulse forming line (PFL): inner cylinder, middle cylinder, and outer cylinder. Ferroelectric ceramics is selected as the energy storage medium which is between the middle cylinder and inner cylinder, and middle cylinder and outer cylinder. The impedance, electric length, parameters such as pulsewidth and its required physical length calculation formula of the PFL is deduced, based on the coaxial cable of the related parameter calculation formula. The formula for determination of relative suitable radius size is obtained. The simulation of electric field of PFL is implemented in the simulation software Ansoft Maxwell, and the results show that the design of the coaxial B-PFL is feasibility. The pulse forming principle has carried on the detailed validation in the simulation software PSPICE, and the results show that the design scheme of PFL is feasible. The application of the PFL can largely reduce the volume and weight of the pulsed power device, and it has a good application prospect.