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PWM voltage droop compensation for bipolar solid-state Marx generator topologies

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This paper presents a novel technique for the voltage droop compensation of long pulses in solid-state bipolar high-voltage Marx generators. Considering the modularity of Marx generators the compensation consists in adding one extra stage to perform as a pulsewidth modulation circuit. This stage voltage is added to the output positive or negative pulses, and an output LfCf filter is included to smooth the voltage pulse waveform. A five-stage laboratory prototype of this circuit has been assembled using 1200-V Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors and diodes with 1000-V dc input voltage. The circuit was operated at 50-Hz bipolar pulse rate, giving 4-kV bipolar pulses, into a resistive load, with 100-mu s pulsewidth and 9.5-ms relaxation time. The circuit was able to compensate 10% of bipolar pulse voltage droop.

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Este trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência IPL/2016/MBOCDTI_ISEL

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Pulse width modulation (PWM) Pulsed power systems Solid-state unipolar/bipolar Marx generators Voltage droop compensation

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CANACSINH, Hiren; FERNANDO Silva, J.; REDONDO, L. M. - PWM Voltage Droop Compensation for Bipolar Solid-State Marx Generator Topologies. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. ISSN 0093-3813. Vol. 45, N.º 6 (2017), pp. 975-980

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