• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.150-155
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• 2013

A high voltage and nanosecond Blumlein pulse generator has been developed to produce an output pulse whose voltage level is greater than 250 kV and pulse duration 5 ns. The generator consists of various components such as a charging circuit, a pulse transformer, and a spark gap switch. As a heart of the generator, a Blumlein pulse forming line has been constructed in the cylindrical form using three cylindrical aluminum electrodes that are placed concentrically. Unlike the ideal Blumlein line, the output pulse of an actual Blumlein line may be affected by stray inductances and capacitances of switching and charging components, thereby degrading the performance of the generator. In this paper, PSPICE simulations have been performed to examine effects of stray inductances and capacitances on waveforms of output pulses. Simulation results show that the pulse waveform is significantly distorted mainly by the stray inductance of the spark gap switch.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2010

This paper discussed the theoretical simulation results for developing the blumlein pulsed power source and showed the circuit configuration and the discharge characteristics of the realistic manufactured pulsed power system. In the simulation, the output voltage characteristics at a load resistor showed the general impulse shape when the impedance of a single coaxial cable is matched with the that of a load resistor. In addition, it is confirmed that output values of the pulsed power can be easily controlled by the duplication of coaxial cables and the pulsed waveform showed the general impulse characteristics. Specifically, the inception discharge voltage in the gap distance of 5[mm] between needle and plane electrodes is about 20[kV] and which is lower than about 29[kV] in 9[mm] due to the difference of the reaching time of the inception voltage. Therefore, this paper showed that the output voltage of the blumlein pulsed power source can be easily controlled.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.786-791
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• 2013

A high voltage pulse generator based on the Blumlein pulse forming line (PFL) was fabricated to produce a voltage pulse whose peak value is ~300 kV and pulse duration is ~50 ns. Three cylindrical electrodes, such as inner, middle, and outer electrodes, are concentrically placed to make a compact PFL. To increase the pulse duration of the output pulse without any change of the size of the generator, the middle electrode is replaced by a helical strip electrode. To determine the radius of the helical electrode, the impedance of the helical Blumlein PFL is calculated using an approximate formula where the dispersive property of the helical Blumlein PFL is not considered. The dependence of the impedance on the frequency is computed by a commercial program. The number of turns in the helical electrode is decided to provide a demanded pulse duration. The experimental result shows that the helical Blumlein PFL is capable of making a high voltage pulse of ~50 ns pulse duration.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1984년도 하계학술회의논문집
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• pp.237-239
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• 1984

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.677-681
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• 2014

A high voltage pulse generator was fabricated to radiate ultrawide band electromagnetic pulse. A coaxial type of Blumlein pulse forming line is employed to produce a pulse of high voltage (>300 kV) and short pulse duration (~5 ns). A helical strip/wire type of air-cored pulse transformer was used to charge the Blumlein pulse forming line up to more than 300 kV. A peaking switch is essential to make the pulse rise time as fast as possible. Typically, the rise time is ~500 ps. The output pulse of the generator is radiated into air through an exponentially tapered TEM horn antenna. The electric field intensity of a radiated pulse was measured as a function of the distance from the transmitting horn as well as the output voltage of the peaking switch. The peak-to-peak value of the electric field intensity at 10 m from the TEM antenna was~100 kV/m.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 E
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• pp.1779-1781
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• 1998

We are going to design the Square Pulse Generator use of PCPS (Photo-Conductive Power Switch) for Blumlein lain. The circeuit is made of LC device and it is simulated by Schematics Evaluation Version 8.0 of MicroSim. After charged by DC voltage 15[kV]. When the switch is ON, Square pulse is generated after pause time 1.7857[${\mu}s$]. The square pulse is maximum peak voltage 13.987[kV], pulsed width 3.4017[${\mu}s$], rising time 0.7474[${\mu}s$], falling time 1.1718[${\mu}s$].

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권9호
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• pp.1300-1305
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• 2012

A triaxial Blumlein pulse forming line has been designed to generate a pulse whose voltage is ~300 kV, pulse duration is ~5 ns, and rise time is ~500 ps. It turns out, however, that the rise time of the pulse becomes much longer than 500 ps due to parasitic inductances and capacitances existing inside the system. A peaking switch has been developed to shorten the rise time of the pulse from Blumlein pulse forming line. In the peaking switch, a wedge-shaped dielectric material (MC 901 nylon) is employed to surround the electrode on the antenna side. This shape inhibits an abrupt change of the output impedance, thereby minimizing the reflection of the output pulse. Experimental results show that the peaking switch is capable of improving the rise time of the pulse at a level of 500 ps.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.703-711
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• 2013

In this paper, we have proposed high power generator with Induction Voltage Adder of three cells. IVA which has n cells can generate n-th times high power pulse, is a more stable system than Marx generator in the view of breakdown. We applied amorphous metal magnetic cores as an energy storing material for IVA rather than ferrite cores because of their higher magnetic flux swing to make it more compact system and the loss of it was also considered in the design. For driving the IVA, we design Blumlein pulse generators which are filled with pure water for high dielectric constant and high breakdown field strength, and triggered by single Marx generator. We have presented the PSPICE simulation and its test result.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 1996

질소레이저의 출력을 높이고 안정성을 향상시키기 위한 방법의 하나로 8쌍으로 구성된 다극형 스파크 간격과 Blumlein 형태의 다중 평행판 축전기형 전송회로로 구성된 레이저 장치를 제작하였고 실험은 스파크 간격을 자체트리거하는 방식과 외부트리거하는 두가지 방식을 택하여 실시하였다. 그 결과 긴 레이저관에 대하여 하나의 스파크 간격이 레이저관 전체를 통하여 레이저를 균일하고 완벽하게 발진시킬수는 없음을 확인하였으며 다극형 스파크 간격을 사용할 경우에도 스파크 간격 모두가 한 몸체처럼 완벽한 역할을 하지 못함을 확인하였다. 그러나 이와 같은 복합적인 결과로 부터 다극형 스파크 간격이 레이저 출력 증가에 기여를 할 수 있음을 확인하였고 그의 설치 범위는 레이저관의 길이(또는 전송회로의 두께)의 3/4이 최적임을 알았다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기물성,응용부문
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• pp.207-209
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• 2005

Ultra wide band electromagnetic energy can be transmitted to a far field by emitting the nanoseconds high voltage pulse electromagnetic energy via an antenna. This UWB EM energy is expected to be used in post-packing pasteurization of food, detection of buried objects or underground water veins and caves and the treatment of waste water or polluted gas. The nanoseconds pulse forming for UWB generation using high voltage blumlein line and an ultrafast switch is mentioned.