A sub-microsecond-range pulse generator based on anti-resonance network and transmission line transformer

A sub-microsecond-range pulse generator based on an antiresonance network and transmission line transformer (TLT) is presented in this paper. The three-section antiresonance network (TSAN) and three-stage TLT take the roles of the pulse forming module and pulse voltage boosting module of this generator, respectively. The TSAN is applied to obtain a high quality and fixed flat top quasisquare pulse with fewer sections, and the three-stage TLT is used to obtain a higher voltage gain. Experimental results show that if the charging voltage of the TSAN is about 15.0 kV, the amplitude and pulse duration of the output voltage of the TSAN are about 7.2 kV and 400 ns, respectively, which correspond to the theoretical calculation results. Meanwhile, the amplitude of the output voltage of TLT is about 22.0 kV, so the voltage step-up ratio of the three-stage TLT is about 3.05. This generator displayed in the publication can transmit voltage pulses with low loss.