Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> At 10:27 PM 2/14/2007, Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "huil888" <huil888@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Steve, Sean, D.C. -Anyone willing to provide some additional information on this new method of "stage separation" for a Marx impulse generator?
I would imagine it's the usual scheme of using inductors rather than resistors for the charging impedance. The design gets a bit trickier (all those LC resonances to worry about), and the output waveshape is tougher to control. Probably not an issue in a "display discharge Marx" where you want a HV pulse to make a spark, as opposed to one which needs to generate a particular waveform for testing.
Inductors have been used in fast pulsing Marxes before (There's a patent out there on a Marx that's in a tube filled with hydrogen with high rep rates: >10kHz) I think the Febetron used inductors, for instance, too.
Regards, Scott Hanson Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (snip) Steve Ward and his friend Sean have pioneered a unique inductive method of stage separation completely eliminating the expensive interstage resistors the provide isolation while the Marx generator fires. (snip) Dr. Resonance