The design of the Marx Modulator is based on oil-free,air-cooled,and capable of delivering 120kV,140A, 1600usec pulses at a rate of 5Hz.The Marx modulator design employs a stack of sixteen 12kV Marx modules that gener...The design of the Marx Modulator is based on oil-free,air-cooled,and capable of delivering 120kV,140A, 1600usec pulses at a rate of 5Hz.The Marx modulator design employs a stack of sixteen 12kV Marx modules that generate high-voltage output pulses directly from a 12kV input supply voltage.This direct switching eliminates the requirement for a massive transformer reduces the capacitor bank size by more than a factor of four,yielding a consid- erably cheaper and more compact mechanical solution.Advantages of the ILC Marx design include higher efficiency, smaller physical size,and a modular architecture that provides greater reliability and cost- effective PC board-level integration.展开更多
文摘The design of the Marx Modulator is based on oil-free,air-cooled,and capable of delivering 120kV,140A, 1600usec pulses at a rate of 5Hz.The Marx modulator design employs a stack of sixteen 12kV Marx modules that generate high-voltage output pulses directly from a 12kV input supply voltage.This direct switching eliminates the requirement for a massive transformer reduces the capacitor bank size by more than a factor of four,yielding a consid- erably cheaper and more compact mechanical solution.Advantages of the ILC Marx design include higher efficiency, smaller physical size,and a modular architecture that provides greater reliability and cost- effective PC board-level integration.
