Summary. Inductors are one of the most fundamental devices in circuits, a passive 2-terminal device that finishes the trifecta - resistor, capacitor, and inductor. They''re easy to deal with in ideal DC …
The Energy Recovery Sub-Process involves the inductive unit and the capacitive load. It lasts from 25 ms to 30 ms in Figure 6. When t is 25 ms, the load is disconnected from the whole circuit ...
Abstract. Two methods of output voltage adding using pulse forming lines (PFLs) have been studied and compared. Both methods use inductive energy storage (IES) instead of traditional capacitive ...
Two methods of output voltage adding using pulse forming lines (PFLs) have been studied and compared. Both methods use inductive energy storage (IES) instead of traditional capacitive energy storage (CES), which means that the PFLs are charged by current instead of voltage. One of the methods (Type A) used an additional transmission-line …
In this article, an efficient die-bonding technology based on silver sintering due to induction heating is presented. By using this technology, the heat for the sintering reaction is locally limited to the bonding area and heating of the entire power module is avoided. Furthermore, the sintering reaction is promoted due to current flow between the …
A nondissipatively regulated dc-to-dc converter that operates very efficiently at high frequencies is presented. The circuit is characterized by a small number of power handling components, many of which perform multiple duties. Only one power transistor is used, and the characteristics of the main power handling magnetic element of the circuit are such …
In this article, a novel circuit topology concept that can generate bipolar pulses based on linear transformer driver (LTD) topology is presented. Different from …
Opening switches are critical components for inductive storage systems and also find applications in pulse compression and power distribution systems. Inductive storage systems are very attractive because the stored energy density is orders of magnitude larger than can be stored in capacitors. This chapter shows a typical schematic of an inductive …
A simple inductive energy storage circuit in a vacuum arc thruster is particularly suitable for CubeSats because of its compact size and low cost. In practice, it is necessary to predict the thruster performance with the given design parameters.
The pulsed power supply (PPS) is one important component in the electromagnetic launch system. The inductive PPSs have attracted researchers'' attentions with the major advantages of high energy ...
Inductive components, such as inductors and transformers, are essential in electronics, aiding in energy storage, signal processing, and filtering. They store energy in a magnetic field, playing a ...
The possibility of adjusting the output voltage of a high-voltage nanosecond pulse generator with inductive energy storage and a solid-state switching system was investigated. All components of the adjustment system are installed in the low-voltage input circuit of the generator, whose voltage was less than 1000 V. The smooth adjustment of …
However, existing types of flexible energy storage devices encounter challenges in effectively integrating mechanical and electrochemical perpormances. This …
An inductor, also called a coil, choke, or reactor, is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it. [1] An inductor typically consists of an insulated …
Figure 2.27 shows a typical pulsed power generator using inductive energy storage and an opening switch. The capacitor, C 0, which is charged to V 0, is discharged through a pulse transformer, PT, and SiC-MOSFET as a power device, and the capacitor, C 1, is charged to 10 V 0 through the saturable transformer, ST, and the diode, …
The energy storage inductor is the core component of the inductive energy storage type pulse power supply, and the structure design of the energy storage inductor …
Although the capacitive energy storage (CES) has been the dominating method so far, it has been long since people realized that inductive energy storage (IES) could be more efficient and compact [4]. The obstacle that has hampered IES has been the lack of suitable opening switches, because high-voltage, high-speed, and high-efficiency opening switch …
Inductive energy storage for pulsed power supplies is considered to have great potential because its ... The power supply includes the following components and subsystems: 10 MJ HPGs each rated at ...
with Inductive Energy Storage and Thyratron N. M. Vereshchagin and S. A. Kruglov Ryazan State Radio Engineering Academy, ul. Gagarina 59/1, Ryazan, 391000 Russia Received April 13, 2001 Abstract —A high-voltage pulse generator with an inductive energy
Inductor. The energy storage inductor in a buck regulator functions as both an energy conversion element and as an output ripple filter. This double duty often saves the cost of an additional output filter, but it complicates the process of finding a good compromise for the value of the inductor. Large values give maximum power output and low ...
To focus on energy and storage function, observe how we have split each topology into three reactive (energy storage) blocks — the input capacitor, the inductor (with switch …
There have already a lot of circuit topologies for pulsed power generators using semiconductor switches. In this article, a novel circuit topology concept that can generate bipolar pulses based on linear transformer driver (LTD) topology is presented. Different from traditionally capacitive energy storage (CES) method, we utilize magnetic …
A vacuum arc thruster is a type of micro-propulsion device that is based on pulsed ablative vacuum arc discharge. It was developed around 2000 [5] and was tested in orbit for the first time in 2015 [6]. By adopting a simple inductive energy storage (IES) circuit [7] and the "triggerless" ignition method [8], the mass of the propulsion ...
Inductors store energy in their magnetic fields that is proportional to current. Capacitors store energy in their electric fields that is proportional to voltage. Resistors do not store …
The pulsed power supply (PPS) is one important component in the electromagnetic launch system. The inductive PPSs have attracted researchers'' attentions with the major advantages of high energy storage density (over the capacitive PPSs) as well as simple structure and easy control (over the rotating mechanical PPSs). As for the inductive …
Opening switches are critical components for inductive storage systems and also find applications in pulse compression and power distribution systems. Inductive storage …
An inductor, also called a coil, choke, or reactor, is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it. An inductor typically consists of an insulated wire wound into a coil. When the current flowing through the coil changes, the time-varying magnetic …
To understand the energy conversion during VAT discharge, a high-voltage probe and current meter were used to measure the charging and discharging of the inductive energy storage circuit. Eq. (10) presents that the higher the inductance value, the higher is the amount of energy stored in the inductor.
Inductive energy storage driven vacuum arc thruster. A new type of vacuum arc thruster in combination with an innovative power processing unit (PPU) has been developed that promises to be a high efficiency (∼15%), low mass (∼100 g) propulsion system for micro- and nanosatellites. This thruster accelerates a plasma that consists almost ...
Solid-state Marx generator circuits have been widely studied in recent years. Most of them are based on capacitive energy storage (CES), with the basic principle of charging in parallel and discharging in series. In this article, we propose a solid-state Marx circuit using inductive energy storage, where inductors play the role of principal energy storage …
A laser-diode driver uses inductive energy storage with a hysteretic, current-mode, buck regulator (top). Schematic block labeled "I Sensor" is the low-bandwidth current sensor used to monitor the current in the inductor to close the regulator''s feedback loop and the block labeled "Current viewing resistor" is a resistor in series with the output …
High Power and Efficiency: Inductive energy storage devices can release large amounts of power in a short time. This makes them highly efficient, especially for pulsed power applications. Long Life Cycle: Inductive energy storage devices have a long life cycle and are very reliable, thanks to their lack of moving parts and mechanical …
Abstract—This paper presents a novel design of a pulsed current generator using an inductor as energy-storage component based on solid-state Marx adder, in which the structure of the basic unit in solid-state Marx adders is changed. After two times of energy conversion, this current generator produces pulses with a good flat, a fast-rising ...