A quasi-coaxial HV rolled pulse forming line

A quasi-coaxial high-voltage (HV) rolled pulse forming line (rolled PFL) is researched in this paper. The PFL is rolled n circles on a support cylinder simultaneously by two layers of copper foil electrodes and two layers of insulation dielectrics. The first circle of the two electrodes are elicited in opposite directions along the axis, acting as the quasi-coaxial output structure of the PFL, and the left n - 1 circles of the PFL form a complete rolled strip line of n - 1 circles. The rolled PFL is convenient to realize HV insulation and is able to output a pulse with good quality. Characteristic parameters of the PFL are designed theoretically. Besides, the pulse discharge process of the PFL is simulated by computer simulation technology (CST) modeling, and the simulation result verifies the correctness of theory design. Furthermore, a rolled PFL with a characteristic impedance of 4.4 Ω is developed. The test characteristic impedance of the developed PFL by the incident pulse method confirms to the theory design. The discharge voltage waveform with a full width at half maximum of 57 ns of the PFL is acquired, which has a rise time of 6.8 ns. The HV test of the rolled PFL is carried out, and a discharge current pulse with an amplitude of 7 kA is acquired when the PFL is charged to 70 kV. It is calculated that the developed PFL has an energy storage density of 2.5 J/l. A Tesla generator based on 13 stages of rolled PFLs is designed, which is expected to output a 450 kV pulse with a duration of 100 ns on a 40-Ω match load. The discharge waveform of the generator is simulated by the CST software. The simulative output pulse has a rise time of 5 ns, with a flattop jitter less than 5%.