NANOSECOND SWITCHING USING POWER MOSFETS

被引:10
作者
BAKER, RJ [1 ]
POCHA, MD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
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D O I
10.1063/1.1141391
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
It is shown that using the secondary breakdown effect of a bipolar transistor, often called an avalanche transistor, the large input capacitance of a power MOSFET may be charged very quickly. A power MOSFET driven by an avalanche transistor is used to generate electrical pulses of >800 V into 50 Ω with rise times of approximately 3 ns. The output pulse amplitude can be varied by adjusting the drain-source voltage of the power MOSFET. The trigger delay of this circuit is approximately 5 ns, with jitter of <100 ps. This circuit has been used to generate pulses at a repetition rate of greater than 1 kHz.
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页码:2211 / 2213
页数:3
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