Schemes of high-power pulsed generators with inductive storages on stepped lines

Some multistage pulse generator designs based on homogeneous transmission lines of equal electrical length T0 with stepwise impedance changes are described. The energy is initially stored as magnetic field by all the generator stages, while it is also stored by some of them as electrical energy. Upon triggering the switch connecting the high-voltage electrode of charged lines to the grounded generator frame, both the magnetic and electrical energies would concentrate completely at the generator output due to wave effects. Ideally, for any number of stages, the resistive load connected in parallel to the current opening switch is where a square-shaped voltage pulse of 2T0 width would be generated, whose peak value can be considerably higher than the generator charging voltage. (author). 1 fig., 5 refs