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Transformer-type accelerator for inertial confinement fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Juichi Irisawa
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata 940–21, Japan
Saburo Takano
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata 940–21, Japan

Abstract

In pulse-power technology, a transformer-type accelerator is a good candidate for a highvoltage pulse generator suitable for repetitive operations. In this article, a reverse-conducting thyristor has been used as a switching element in a primary circuit and good operations have been obtained. A dual-resonant mode and the mode proposed by Reed, preferable to the former in the sense of voltage gain, have been investigated experimentally. A voltage gain of 25% increase compared to that of the dual-resonant mode operation has been obtained. Two different types of transformers, a spiral and a Tesla type with various turn ratios, were constructed and the characteristics of each type when applied to the same circuit have also been investigated in detail. As a result, it has been made clear that the stray capacitance of the secondary winding restricts the upper limit of the turn ratio to get the large voltage multiplication.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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