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Recent progress in the development of a compact, portable, explosively-driven high power microwave source is presented. The envelope to which the system must fit has a 15 cm diameter, which means each sub-system fits within this dimension, with an optimized overall length. The system includes an autonomous prime energy source, which provides the initial energy for a two-stage, flux-trapping helica...Show More
Recent efforts at the Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics at Texas Tech University have been focused on the development of a compact and explosively driven High Power Microwave, HPM, system. The primary energy source (other than the seed energy source) driving the microwave load in this system is a mid-sized, dual-stage helical flux compression generator, HFCG. The HFCG has a constant st...Show More
The results from an investigation into the performance of a fuse opening switch, to be used as a component of a compact power conditioning unit, PCU, in an explosively driven high power microwave system, is presented. A pulse forming network designed to mimic the current action of a flux compression generator is utilized for these experiments. The investigation focused on the effect of altering fu...Show More
The generation of high power microwaves using explosively driven pulsed power is of particular interest to the defense community. The high energy density of explosives provides the opportunity to design pulsed power systems which occupy significantly less volume, yet provide the same output power, as traditional methods of high power microwave (HPM) production. Utilizing a flux compression generat...Show More