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High-voltage switching by means of a stack of thyristors
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The use of a stack of 32 thyristors for production of a 20-kV pulse is reported. The pulse power is 50 MW and the pulse duration is 25 mu s. The thyristor stack serves as a line swith for a pulse-forming network which provides the input power for a 20-MW klystron. The klystron provides the rf power for the infrared free-electron laser FELIX. The choice of thyristors is motivated by the required relative voltage-stability during the pulse of 0.08%. Also the pulse-to-pulse reproducibility is required to stay within 0.08%. Detailed design considerations and operational results are presented. |
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1996
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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372
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3
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| Number of Pages |
446-454
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| Date Published |
04/1996
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| ISBN Number |
0168-9002
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be7f46b243776949e04941425aeddd67
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Meddens, B. J. H., Delmee, P. F. M., & van Amersfoort, P. W. (1996). High-voltage switching by means of a stack of thyristors. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 372, 446-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(95)01010-6 (Original work published 1996)