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The application of the nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) for biomedical treatments has gained more interest in recent decades due to the development of pulsed power technologies which provides the ability to control the electric field dose applied during tests. In this context, the proposed paper describes a new architecture of solid-state high-voltage pulse generators (SSHVPG) designed to generate fully customised sequences of quasi-rectangular pulses. The idea is based on the combination of semiconductor switches (IGBT/MOSFET) known for their flexibility and controllability with special magnetic switches to build compact and modular generators. The proposed structure is inspired by the most known pulse generator of Marx, but mixes its two variants for negative and positive polarities. Thus, the polarity of the generated pulses can be freely selected. In addition to that, the use of IGBTs/MOSFET ensures a tunable repetition rate and pulse width. The capacitors are charged via a series of magnetic switches and a flyback DC–DC converter which provides fast and efficient charging and also an adjustable amplitude of the output pulses. The design can be easily simplified giving two other modified structures, based on the same idea, for mono-polar operating (only positive or only negative pulses) with a reduced number of switches. A SPICE simulation of the generator and results of experimental tests carried out on a three stages generator are presented. The obtained results confirm the operating principle and the claimed performances of the new structure.
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Yahia Achour
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Jacek Starzyński Prof. dr hab. inż.
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- artykuły w czasopismach
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ENERGIES
no. 15,
ISSN: 1996-1073 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Bibliographic description:
- Achour Y., Starzyński J., Jakubiuk K.: New Architecture of Solid-State High-Voltage Pulse Generators// ENERGIES -Vol. 15,iss. 13 (2022), s.4823-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/en15134823
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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