Test circuit for exploding bridgewire power supply
Abstract
Abstract A TEST CIRCUIT FOR DETERMINING IF AN OUTPUT PULSE FROM AN EXPLODING BRIDGEWIRE POWER SOURCE HAS SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE AND ENERGY TO FIRE A BRIDGEWIRE. A GAS FILLED TUBE SUCH AS A COLD-CATHODE TRIGGER AND REGULATING TUBE IN SERIES WITH A FUSIBLE TEST LINK SIMULATES AND EXPLODING BRIDGEWIRE WITH A SERIES SPARK GAP. IF A PULSE FROM THE POWER SOURCE IS OF SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE AND ENERGY, THE TUBE CONDUCTS, AND THE TEST LINK FUSES. IF THE PULSE HAS SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE TO MAKE THE TUBE CONDUCT BUT HAS INSUFFICIENT ENERGY, THE TEST LINK WILL NOT FUSE. INDICATORS ARE LIT DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE TUBE CONDUCTS AND THE TEST LINK FUSES. IN THE EVENT THAT THE PULSE DOES NOT FUSE THE TEST LINK, THE LINK IS AUTOMATICALLY FUSED BY THE TEST CIRCUIT, TO PREVENT REUSE OF THE LINK.
Inventors
- 👤 Ernest D Boutwell
- 👤 Jack M Longfellow
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