Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE
Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 247-251Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2016.2640315
Keywords
Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); power electronics; power MOSFETs; pulse generation; pulse power systems
Categories
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [24360105]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Pulsed-power generator based on linear transformer driver (LTD) technology has been used to demonstrate waveform control for pulsed atmospheric discharge. This kind of discharge load is known for its time-varying impedance where constant voltage usually does not result in constant current. In this paper, an LTD system has been combined with a field-programmable gate array in order to generate a flexible voltage waveform which, in turn, dictates the discharge current. The experimental results have proved that the current of a discharge load can be arbitrarily controlled, to a certain extent, by properly adjusting the applied voltage. This kind of current waveform control should have significant implications for various applications of discharge-generated plasmas.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available