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Method of and apparatus for high voltage pulse generation

  • US 4,274,134 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1979
  • Issued: 06/16/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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