Feature of the Work of the Marx Generator with Screened Cascades Installed in a Metal Conducting Tank

Abstract

A method for generating a powerful rectangular pulse at an active load without an additional step of energy compression in the form of a traditional forming line is considered. The method is based on the operation of the Marx generator of a coaxial design in the intermediate inductive storage mode. An analysis of the operation of the circuit is made. It is shown that the inductances Ls and the capacitance of the Cs steps relative to the conductive screen distributed over the steps of the Marx generator form a forming line, the energy of which, when using a current chopper, is stored in the circuit inductance. As a result, an impulse of duration $\tau\cong$ 2N·(Ls·CS)1/2, where $N$ is the number of stages of the Marx generator, is formed on the active load (e-beam diode). The results of calculations and test experiments during the operation of the Marx generator located in a conducting screen with a current chopper based on an electric explosion of conductors (EEC) are presented.