| US 7,514,820 B2 | ||
| Capacitor pulse forming network with multiple pulse inductors | ||
| Frederick W. MacDougall, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Geoffrey W. Staines, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Atomics, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/425,134. | ||
| Application 11/425134 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/274060, filed on Nov. 14, 2005, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/274060 is a continuation of application No. 10/772748, filed on Feb. 04, 2004, granted, now 6,965,215, filed on Nov. 15, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0290399 A1, Dec. 28, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H03K 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 307—108 | 58 Claims |
| 1. A capacitor based pulse forming network comprising:
a plurality of inductors adapted to be coupled to a load;
a plurality of capacitor units;
a plurality of switches, each switch coupling a respective capacitor unit to a respective inductor, wherein multiple capacitor
units are coupled to each inductor by separate switches; and
the plurality of switches are adapted to non-simultaneously discharge at least some of the multiple capacitor units to provide
non-simultaneous pulses through a given inductor to the load and not through other inductors;
wherein the non-simultaneous pulses form at least a portion of an output pulse waveform to the load.
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