Megawatt generator of nanosecond impulses on the basis of carbide-silicon drift diodes with sharp restoration

Abstract

Experimental results of research of switching characteristics of high-voltage carbide-silicon switchboards on the basis of drift diodes with sharp restoration (DDSR) and the generator of nanosecond voltage impulses developed on their basis with a megawatt pulse power are presented. Possibility of a consecutive compression of energy is for the first time shown by the DDSR cascades which are switched on parallel to silicon and carbide-silicon.

Keywords

• silicon carbide
• drift diodes with sharp restoration
• nanosecond voltage impulses
• high-voltage diode assemblies