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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2010.59.4.762

A Study on Characteristics of Light Triggered Thyristor for Pulsed Power Application  

Lee, Byung-Ha (국방과학연구소)
Kim, Jin-Sung (국방과학연구소)
Kim, Young-Bae (한국전기연구원)
Cha, Han-Ju (충남대 전기정보통신공학부)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.59, no.4, 2010 , pp. 762-767 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes characteristic of a light triggered thyristor investigated by experiment to adopt it into a main switch of a pulsed power unit. Triggering principle of the light triggered thyristor are referred with its structure and equivalent circuit. Operational principle and simulation result of a capacitive pulsed power circuit are explained. A variety of triggering conditions of triggering circuit and characteristics on turn-on, turn-off, voltage dividing in series operation, overvoltage protection function of the light triggered thyristor are investigated by experiments. Experimental result of 40 kJ pulsed power unit using the light triggered thyristor is presented.
Keywords
Pulsed Power Unit(PPU); Pulse Forming Network(PFN); Light Triggered Thyristor(LTT); Overvoltage Protection Function; Breakover Diode(BOD);
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