Method of and apparatus for high voltage pulse generation
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1. High voltage generator apparatus having, in combination, repetitively triggered charging circuit means;
- a plurality of successively connected similar pulse-generating modules connected with the charging circuit means and each comprising charge storage circuit means and pulse forming and transformer circuit means;
trigger circuit means operable upon each charging of said charge storage circuit means of each module for thereupon triggering the transfer of the energy of such charging to the corresponding module pulse forming and transformer circuit means in order to form therein a stepped-up high-voltage output pulse, with the said high-voltage output pulse of each module thereby occurring at substantially the same instant of time, producing a resultant high-voltage output pulse corresponding to the totality of the output pulses of the pulse forming and transformer circuit means of the plurality of modules; and
means cooperative with the connections between the successive modules for preventing the peak voltage within each module from exceeding the peak output voltage of the module independent of the position of the module in the plurality of modules, such that module failure results only in a reduction in the resultant output pulse power and enables continual operation even in the presence of such failure.
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This disclosure is concerned with generating in a plurality of successive modules, simultaneously and repetitively, a plurality of similar, simultaneous, narrow high voltage pulses, and adding them together in a way that the failure of mis-timing of any module will not prevent the continued operation of the resultant pulse generation. The result is attained by appropriate interconnection of the modules, each of which embodies triggered charging and preferably magnetic pulse-compression and step-up operations.
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1. High voltage generator apparatus having, in combination, repetitively triggered charging circuit means;
- a plurality of successively connected similar pulse-generating modules connected with the charging circuit means and each comprising charge storage circuit means and pulse forming and transformer circuit means;
trigger circuit means operable upon each charging of said charge storage circuit means of each module for thereupon triggering the transfer of the energy of such charging to the corresponding module pulse forming and transformer circuit means in order to form therein a stepped-up high-voltage output pulse, with the said high-voltage output pulse of each module thereby occurring at substantially the same instant of time, producing a resultant high-voltage output pulse corresponding to the totality of the output pulses of the pulse forming and transformer circuit means of the plurality of modules; and
means cooperative with the connections between the successive modules for preventing the peak voltage within each module from exceeding the peak output voltage of the module independent of the position of the module in the plurality of modules, such that module failure results only in a reduction in the resultant output pulse power and enables continual operation even in the presence of such failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
- a plurality of successively connected similar pulse-generating modules connected with the charging circuit means and each comprising charge storage circuit means and pulse forming and transformer circuit means;
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14. A method of repetitive high-voltage pulse generation, that comprises, substantially simultaneously repetitively charging a plurality of similar charge storage modules;
- substantially simultaneously transferring and forming the energy of the charge in each module into similar narrow high-voltage output pulses in each module;
interconnecting the modules to add the high-voltage output pulses of all the modules to produce resultant high-voltage output pulses corresponding to the totality of the output pulses of the modules; and
preventing the peak voltage developed within each module from exceeding the peak output voltage of the module independent of the position of the module in the plurality of modules, such that module failure results only in reduction in the resultant output pulse power and enables continual operation even in the presence of such failure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
- substantially simultaneously transferring and forming the energy of the charge in each module into similar narrow high-voltage output pulses in each module;
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