Citation
Abstract
A high-voltage protective device (crowbar) is described that is capable of operating at 100,000 V. This device has two ignitrons in series, with the appropriate electronics to trigger the tubes to a conducting state when desired. The crowbar is needed to increase the reliability of the transmitter, as the present tubes have difficulty operating at over 60,000 V. A new photon generator was designed and tested using light-emitting diodes and infrared-detecting pin diodes in conjunction with fiber optics for transmitting a pulse to the high-voltage deck and triggering the ignitron crowbar.
Details
- Volume
- XII
- Published
- December 15, 1972
- Pages
- 205–208
- File Size
- 192.8 KB