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A Pseudospark Gap in the Inductive-Energy-Storage Circuit

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A pseudospark gap is described that is capable of interrupting a current of up to 1 kA and shaping voltage pulses with an amplitude of up to 110 kV and rise time of ∼100 ns. Analytical expressions for calculating the energy released in the device at the switching-off stage and the efficiency of the generator with an inductive energy storage system are obtained. The characteristics of the pseudospark gap and of a similar-design thyratron connected in the same circuit are compared. It is found that the turn-off time of the pseudospark gap is shorter than that of the thyratron by a factor of 2.5.

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  1. Ryazan State Radio Engineering Academy, ul. Gagarina 59/1, Ryazan, 391000, Russia

    N. M. Vereschagin & S. A. Kruglov

  2. OOO Impul'snye Tekhnologii, Ryazan

    V. D. Bochkov

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Vereschagin, N.M., Bochkov, V.D. & Kruglov, S.A. A Pseudospark Gap in the Inductive-Energy-Storage Circuit. Instruments and Experimental Techniques 45, 780–783 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021427021356

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