Abstract
Energy recovery of narrow, high power pulses based on loss free resistor topology is described. A novel regenerative snubber realization based on transmission lines is presented. The purpose of this snubber is to recycle high voltage, high power (up to 20 KV, 1 MW) parasite pulses which arise in a copper vapor laser. These pulses consume up to 40 of the total power of the system. Currently, a low voltage (170 V) circuit of this type has been constructed and operated at recycling efficiency up to 85.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 239-246 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Mar 1995 |