Transient Electronics: Pulsed Circuit Technology

by Paul W. Smith

Overview

Passive Pulse Generators are circuits used to generate very high power electrical pulses. Such pulses find application in a wide range of disciplines, including plasma generation, gas laser physics and radar.
* Includes two introductory chapters on techniques used to analyse passive pulse generators
* Includes worked examples
A valuable reference resource for specialist undergraduates, post graduate students and researchers active in the field og pulsed power and areas where pulsed power is applied, including physicists, engineers and those with an interest in waste and materials processing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471977735
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/02/2002
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.76(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Paul W. Smith is the author of Transient Electronics: Pulsed Circuit Technology , published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Mathematical Techniques for Pulse and Transient Circuit Analysis.

Transmission Line Theory and Transient Response.

Pulse-forming Lines.

Pulse-forming Networks.

Pulse Transformers.

Transmission Line Pulse Transformers.

Pulse Generators using Capacitive and Inductive Energy Storage.

Nonlinear Pulsed Circuits.

Appendix: Table of Laplace Transforms.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Deals with the analysis of the transient response of pulse electrical circuits capable of generating short electrical pulses at very high power levels for applications in experimental physics and defense. Smith (Pembroke College) first introduces the Laplace transform method and transmission line theory. He then surveys pulse forming line and pulse forming networks techniques, and describes the transient response of conventional wound transformers and transmission line transformers. The final chapters address the design of pulse generators based on the discharge of energy stored in either capacitors or inductors, and the new field of nonlinear pulse generators. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"...recommended..." (Choice, Vol. 40, No. 7, March 2003)

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