HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE SHAPER Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: high-voltage pulse technique; generator and accelerators built around lines with distributed parameters. SUBSTANCE: pulse shaper has generator 1, line 2 shorted out at output, line 3 open at output, load 4, switches 8 and 10, transmitting line 9. Introduction of n homogeneous lines 5 whose outputs are shorted out and inputs are connected in series with lines 2 and 3 provides for four-fold increase in power and four-fold decrease in pulse length across matched load. EFFECT: improved shaper power and reduced pulse length. 2 dwg