Linear transformer driver for pulse generation

DWPI Title: Linear transformer driver, has capacitors that are coupled to deliver pulses with specific frequency to load, in which a core is positioned to force pulses to load by temporarily isolating pulses from electrical ground
Abstract: A linear transformer driver includes at least one ferrite ring positioned to accept a load. The linear transformer driver also includes a first power delivery module that includes a first charge storage devices and a first switch. The first power delivery module sends a first energy in the form of a first pulse to the load. The linear transformer driver also includes a second power delivery module including a second charge storage device and a second switch. The second power delivery module sends a second energy in the form of a second pulse to the load. The second pulse has a frequency that is approximately three times the frequency of the first pulse. The at least one ferrite ring is positioned to force the first pulse and the second pulse to the load by temporarily isolating the first pulse and the second pulse from an electrical ground.
Use: Linear transformer driver.
Novelty: The driver has first array of first power delivery modules (405) each has a first switch (410) coupled between first and second capacitors (420,421). Second array of second power delivery modules each has second switch coupled between third and fourth capacitors. First and second capacitors are coupled to deliver a pulse with first frequency to load (450), and third and fourth capacitors are coupled to deliver another pulse with second frequency to load. A core is positioned to force pulses to load by temporarily isolating the pulses from electrical ground.
Filed: 6/22/2012
Application Number: US13530403A
Tech ID: SD 12175.0
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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