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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brian Stoltzfus, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mark E. Savage, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Brian Thomas Hutsel, Sandia Park, NM (US);
William E. Fowler, Stanardsville, VA (US);
Keven Alan MacRunnels, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David Justus, Tijeras, NM (US);
William A. Stygar, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A flexible solid-state resistor comprises a string of ceramic resistors that can be used to charge the capacitors of a linear transformer driver (LTD) used in a pulsed power machine. The solid-state resistor is able to absorb the energy of a switch prefire, thereby limiting LTD cavity damage, yet has a sufficiently low RC charge time to allow the capacitor to be recharged without disrupting the operation of the pulsed power machine.