A Repetitive High-Current Pulse Generator Circuit Based on Multistage Pulse Transformers

作者：Haitao Li, Cunshan Zhang, Liwei Wang, Zhenmei Li, Yunzhu An, Xiaohui Liu, Xiaoyu Liang · 发表于：IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1109/jestpe.2020.3010132 · 被引用次数：19 · 研究领域：Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology、Energetic Materials and Combustion、Pulsed Power Technology Applications

The application of inductive energy storage in the generation of high-current pulses has attracted considerable attention during recent years. In this article, a new inductive high-current pulse generator circuit is proposed based on XRAM (MARX spelled backword) current multiplier converter concept and multistage pulse transformers by using power electronic switches. This circuit is capable to recover the residual energy and generate repetitive high-current pulses with a flexible output pattern. To verify the circuit operation, simulation and experimental results of a two-stage laboratory prototype are presented. The results confirm the theoretical analysis and show the validity of the converter scheme.