Rocha, Luis LamySilva, José Fernandes Alves daLuis Redondo2015-08-202015-08-202014-10ROCHA, Luís Lamy; SILVA, José Fernando Alves da; REDONDO, Luís Manuel dos Santos – Multilevel high-voltage pulse generation based on a new modular solid-state switch. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. ISSN: 0093-3813. Vol. 42, nr. 10, (2014), p. 2956-2961.0093-38131939-9375http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/4885This paper describes a modular solid-state switching cell derived from the Marx generator concept to be used in topologies for generating multilevel unipolar and bipolar high-voltage (HV) pulses into resistive loads. The switching modular cell comprises two ON/OFF semiconductors, a diode, and a capacitor. This cell can be stacked, being the capacitors charged in series and their voltages balanced in parallel. To balance each capacitor voltage without needing any parameter measurement, a vector decision diode algorithm is used in each cell to drive the two switches. Simulation and experimental results, for generating multilevel unipolar and bipolar HV pulses into resistive loads are presented.engHigh-Voltage PulsesModular Multilevel Topologyjournal article10.1109/TPS.2013.2296141