Marx generator and triggering circuitry therefor

Abstract

Abstract A compact working Marx generator consisting of a stacked plurality of chargeable capacitors and normally open switches between successive capacitors, and a second Marx generator, having a rapid self-erection rate, for triggering the closing of at least some of the switches at a rate substantially faster than the compact generator self-erection rate, necessarily slow because of its large interstage stray capacitance resulting from its compactness. The illustrated switches are spark gaps, each having a third electrode between its two principal electrodes, and the switches are closed by pulses fed thereto from successive stages of the triggering generator through isolating means such as inductors to minimize any effect of the firing of the switches on the erection of the triggering generator. One or more additional working generators may be paralleled with the first working generator, both as to their switch closing circuitries and their outputs. Because triggering of the working generator does not directly depend on the voltage of its capacitors, its output voltage may be varied over a wide range.

Inventors

• 👤 R Fitch
• 👤 W Crewson

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