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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.11.8

17th International Conference

Gas Discharge Plasmas and Their Applications

Ekaterinburg, Russia, 8-12 September 2025

 

 

 

PULSE REPETITION RATE INFLUENCE
ON SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS
IN A HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCH

 

P.A. Bokhan, P.P. Gugin, D.E. Zakrevsky, M.A. Lavrukhin

 

A.V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, SB RAS,
630090, Russia, Novosibirsk, Lavrentiev ave., 13 

 

The paper was received October 2, 2025.

 

Abstract. The work is devoted to the study of the influence of the pulse repetition frequency on the switching characteristics of a composite gas-discharge switch – Eptron. It consists of two sections: hollow cathode and a capillary. The frequency range of 5-500 kHz was studied at a pulsed anode voltage of up to 30 kV. A comparative analysis of the inter-sectional conditions coordination of the discharge ignition and combustion was carried out with an increase in the pulse repetition rate and the use of a preliminary discharge to increase the initial electrons concentration in the cathode cavity.

Key words: capillary discharge, plasma cathode, high-voltage switch, high frequency, nanosecond pulse.

Financing: The research was carried out within the framework of the state assignment FWGW-2025-0019 and with the financial support of the grant of the Russian Science Foundation No. 24-19-00037 (https://rscf.ru/project/24-19-00037).

Corresponding author: Gugin Pavel Pavlovich, gugin@isp.nsc.ru

 

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Bokhan P.A., Gugin P.P., Zakrevsky D.E., Lavrukhin M.A. Pulse repetition rate influence on switching characteristics in a high-voltage switch. // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2025. – ¹. 11. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.11.8 (In Russian)