Accession Number:

ADA071344

Title:

High Voltage Nanosecond Pulse Generators.

Descriptive Note:

Interim technical rept. no. 4, 1 Jul 78-30 Apr 79,

Corporate Author:

COBER ELECTRONICS INC STAMFORD CT

Personal Author(s):

• Zavales,C.

Report Date:

1979-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

This report covers the work performed during the period 1 July 1978 to 30 April 1979 to develop high voltage nanosecond pulse generators. Effort was concentrated on the Task III pulser, which requires a burst of square wave, 100 ns wide pulses, operating at the 1.3 kV level. The load is an electrooptic CdTe crystal. The technical approach combined a pair of wide bandwidth triodes, for charging and discharging the crystal capacitance, with a high speed VMOS as grid drivers. The pulser was constructed and tested. Results show that voltage output and waveforms, with a capacitive load to simulate the crystal, meets all requirements. Author

Descriptors:

• *SINGLE CRYSTALS
• *PULSE GENERATORS
• *IFF SYSTEMS
• *BURST TRANSMISSION
• CADMIUM TELLURIDES
• SHORT PULSES
• CAPACITANCE
• HIGH VOLTAGE
• TRIODES
• TRANSFORMERS
• SWITCHING CIRCUITS
• SQUARE WAVES
• TUBE GRIDS

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Crystallography
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE