Htet A. Kyaw

Abstract

After working at Laboratory for Laser Energetics for about 10 months, I was assigned in doing the research for replacing the obsolete parts on the trigger board of the high voltage and high current system. After studying the system, it was noticed that the circuit topology used was part of the pulse power system. Hence, the pulse power system was studied further to understand how it was used and its advantages. The inductive adder topology was studied thoroughly so that the trigger board design would meet the requirements. The components such as MOSFETs and Gate Drivers were studied and compared so that the new design could replace the old trigger board design and that it would work better than before. In this project, the pulse power system and its different design topologies are explored. It was then focused on the inductive adder topology design. It will discuss how the final design of the trigger board came to be. Not only the new trigger board successfully replaced the old design but its transient time is better. The new trigger board design was also proved to operate faster than the trigger board design in Lawernce Livermore. The process has been documented in this paper in detail.

Publication Date

5-2024

Document Type

Master's Project

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Department, Program, or Center

Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, Department of

College

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Advisor

Mark A. Indovina

Advisor/Committee Member

Ferat Sahin

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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