• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.679-684
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• 2000

Closing switch, key component of pulsed power system, is constructed simply and used frequently due to the easy control and manufacture of one. The kind of one are spark-gap, triggered vacuum switch, pseudo-spark switch and INPIStron. But the electrode of spark gap switch is damaged with the hot spot by Z-pinch and then the life of one become short. INPIStron with inverse pinch effect has long life but it is difficult trigger system to provide uniform discharge between cathode and anode. In this paper, the design and manufacturing of INPIStron with gas puffing trigger method in order to supply uniform discharge inter-electrode and the performance of the developed INPIStron applied to 500[kA]-2[MJ] pulsed power system is presented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11d
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• pp.1069-1071
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• 1999

Closing switch는 여러 가지가 있으나, 방전시 발생하는 Z-pinch로 인한 전극의 손상으로 수명이 짧고, 소음, 열 발생 등으로 소형화가 문제점으로 되어왔다. Inverse pinch현상을 이용하여 기존의 closing switch보다 전류밀도가 1/62, 주울열의 발생, 인덕턴스가 작다. INPIStron의 수명에 영향을 미치는 절연물질은 세라믹을, 도전체로서는 경제성을 감안하여 쉽게 구할 수 있는 구리를 이용하여 제작하였고, 트리거는 gas-puffing방식을 사용하였다. 또한 이렇게 제작된 INPIStron을 이용하여 2MJ-500kA급 pulsed power 전원 장치를 개발하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.1981-1983
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• 2000

In this paper, the arc resistance of INPIStron is presented. It is need to the design of Pulsed power system and simulation on the circuit of pulsed power system with INPIStron switch. It is also possible to use this parameter to the part of discharge characteristics of Xenon lamp and the device with electrical discharge.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07e
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• pp.2173-2175
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• 1999

This paper presents the development of closing switch for high voltage and current in detail. Design concept of INPIStron triggered by the gas puffing, voltage hold-off, current capacity, insulating and electrode material, rise time etc, are described. Also for the dptimized design of the electrical triggering switch, pin, ring, wire brush, surface discharge and HCP(Hypo-Cycloidal Pinch) trigger are considered.