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Switching high-voltage pulses with subnanosecond fronts by an open-discharge pulse shaper

P. A. Bokhan, P. P. Gugin, D. È. Zakrevskii, M. A. Lavrukhin

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: A new principle of switching high-voltage pulses with leading edge widths below 1 ns has been studied. The pulse shaper is based on an open-discharge device. It is demonstrated that, in a coaxial geometry, a minimum switching time as short as $\sim$0.65 ns can be achieved on an active load of $R_L$ = 50 $\Omega$ at a voltage of $U$ = 20 kV. The shaper is capable of operating at repetition frequencies up to 30 kHz.

Received: 28.11.2011

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2012, 38:4, 383–386

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