A Repetitive, Thyratron Switched, 200kV, Fast Rise-Time Pulse Generator, Based on a Stacked Transmission Line Transformer, C.A. Pirrie and P.N.D. Maggs, EEV Ltd., and P.W Smith, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Pulse Power Conference, 16 - 19th June 1991
Paul Smith, reader at the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford, had been a consultant for EEV for some time. He was an expert on pulsed systems, and this paper resulted from some work he did to demonstrate that by using the characteristics of transmission line transformers, added to the precision switching obtainable using thyratrons, it was possible to generate very large, very fast, voltage pulses. Colin Pirrie at EEV provided some thyratron know-how, and my participation was simply as an 'enabler'. I encouraged Paul to do the work, because it would demonstrate further broadening of the envelope of thyratron applications.
Paul Smith, reader at the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford, had been a consultant for EEV for some time. He was an expert on pulsed systems, and this paper resulted from some work he did to demonstrate that by using the characteristics of transmission line transformers, added to the precision switching obtainable using thyratrons, it was possible to generate very large, very fast, voltage pulses. Colin Pirrie at EEV provided some thyratron know-how, and my participation was simply as an 'enabler'. I encouraged Paul to do the work, because it would demonstrate further broadening of the envelope of thyratron applications.