Completely Explosive Ultracompact High-Voltage Pulse Generating System

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Abstract:

A conventional pulsed power technology has been combined with an explosive pulsed power technology to produce an autonomous high voltage power supply. The power supply contained an explosive-driven high-voltage primary power source and a power-conditioning stage. Two types of ultracompact explosive primary power sources were used, one of which was based on the physical effect of shock wave demagnetization of high-energy ferromagnets, and the other one was based on shock wave depolarization of high-energy ferroelectric materials. The volumes of the energy-carrying ferroelectric elements in the shock wave ferroelectric generators FEGs varied from 1.2 to 2.6 cm3. The volume of the energy-carrying ferromagnetic elements in the shock wave ferromagnetic generators FMGs was 8.75 cm3 for all tests performed. The power-conditioning stage was based on the spiral vector inversion generator VIG. The combined FEG-VIG and FMG-VIG systems demonstrated successful operation and good performance. The output voltage pulse amplitude of the combined FEG-VIG system exceeded 90 kV, with risetime of 6.8 ns.

Author(s):
Shkuratov, Sergey I. ; Baird, Jason ; Talantsev, Evgueni F. ; Rose, Millard F. ; Shotts, Zachary ; Altgilbers, Larry L. ; Stults, Allen H. ; Kolossenok, Stanislav V.
Author Organization(s):
LOKI INC ROLLA MO
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
Prepared in collaboration with Radiance Technologies, Incorporated, Huntsville, AL; U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL; U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Huntsville, AL; and Physics Research Institute at St. Petersburg State University, Russia. Presented at 2005 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference in Monterey CA on 13-17 Jun 2005 and published in proceedings of the same, p445-448; 0-7803-9189-6/05. See also ADM002371, 2013 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Digest of Technical Papers 1976-2013, and Abstracts of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.
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0005

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Collection: TR
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Monitor Series:
DA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics; Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*PULSE GENERATORS, *SHOCK WAVES, ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES, EXPLOSIVES, HIGH VOLTAGE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic Pulses
Keyword(s):
FMG(FERROMAGNETIC GENERATOR), EXPLOSIVE DRIVEN PULSED POWER, IVG(VECTOR INVERSION GENERATOR), FEG(FERROELECTRIC GENERATORS)
Report Date:
2005 Jun 01
Creation Date:
2016 Jul 25