Solid state for super-power radars
Abstract
The paper describes several years of development of solid-state devices for high-power microwave pulse switching. An early solution was a module with 10 thyristors paralleled on a common anode plate, where several modules in series produced the desired voltage capability. A modification of this configuration was obtained by using a beryllia heat sink to electrically isolate the SCR anodes, which allowed placement of the fuses in the anode circuits. Ten such modules connected in series formed an 8.9-kV air-cooled switch.
- Publication:
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RCA Engineer
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978RCAEn..23...38P
- Keywords:
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- Electronic Modules;
- Microwave Switching;
- Power Conditioning;
- Pulse Radar;
- Radar Equipment;
- Solid State Devices;
- Thyristors;
- Air Flow;
- Anodes;
- Cooling Systems;
- Heat Sinks;
- Switching Circuits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering