In this article we present the design and test results of the most powerful, fast linear transformer driver (LTD) stage developed to date. This 1-MA LTD stage consists of 40 parallel RLC (resistor R, inductor L, and capacitor C) circuits called ''bricks'' that are triggered simultaneously; it is able to deliver $1 MA current pulse with a rise time of $100 ns into the $0:1-Ohm matched load. The electrical behavior of the stage can be predicted by using a simple RLC circuit, thus simplifying the designing of various LTD-based accelerators. Five 1-MA LTD stages assembled in series into a module have been successfully tested with both resistive and vacuum electron-beam diode loads.
Abstracl LTD stages are designed to be used as a primary energy storage in high power pulsed generators. Previously the LTD stages with the current rise time of 1000 ns [I] and 450 ns [2] were reported. Present report describes the design and test results of the LTD stage that provides -200 kA rising in 100 ns in the matched -0.4 Ohm load.
Primary storages based on a linear transformer scheme were
developed long ago. In this scheme, the secondary turn only
has to be insulated from the high output voltage. Seven years
ago at the High Current Electronics Institute (HCEI) a primary
storage based on a linear transformer scheme and called the
Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) stage was designed. In LTD stages,
the primary turn, the storage capacitors with the switches,
the core, and the outer conductor of the secondary turn are
integrated into the stage cavity representing one separate building
block of the primary storage. The body of the LTD cavity keeps
ground potential during the shot allowing us to assemble them
in series or in parallel depending on load requirements. Such
flexibility of the storage structure and high output power of
the LTD stages allows us to replace for some applications the
traditional water line technology with LTD-based primary storages
that are connected directly to the load (Direct Drive
Scheme—DDS). In this article, we present the design of
several LTD stages developed at HCEI and give examples of
high-power energy storages produced by using the LTD technology.
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