Journal of Applied Optics, Volume. 43, Issue 6, 1187(2022)

Design of high-repetition frequency gating circuit for cathode of image intensifier

Haihao SONG1,2、*, Bo YAN1,2, Xiaobing NI1,2, Qiang ZHI1,2, Mengyi LI1,2, Jiayin LIU1,2, Yingnan REN1,2, Ke SI1,2, and Linlin ZHANG1,2
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  • 1Science and Technology on Low-Light-Level Night Vision Laboratory, Xi'an 710065, China
  • 2Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223, China
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    According to the requirements of high repetition frequency, fast edge speed and small pulse width for cathode gating signal by range-gated technology, a cathode high repetition frequency gating circuit using period and multi-stage acceleration was proposed. By combining the RC circuit and the high-speed gate circuit, the time bias circuit unit was cascaded to generate logic pulses with different time sequences, which could respectively control the intermediate stage drive MOSFET to generate three phased drive signals, and the output of the intermediate stage drive was used as input of the output-stage MOSFET to control the acceleration and retention of its on-off process. It was verified by software simulation and board-level test. The test results show that the proposed gating circuit can increase the edge time of output pulse from μs level to 2 ns, and can provide +50 V/?200 V cathode off/on voltage, so as to achieve a repetition frequency ranging from 0~350 kHZ, a duty ratio of 0~100%, a minimum pulse width of 3.7 ns, and a pulse output delay time jitter of about 0.1 ns. It has important guiding significance for improving the minimum pulse width performance of high-speed and high-voltage gating power, the highest working repetition frequency and reducing the power loss of the device.

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    Haihao SONG, Bo YAN, Xiaobing NI, Qiang ZHI, Mengyi LI, Jiayin LIU, Yingnan REN, Ke SI, Linlin ZHANG. Design of high-repetition frequency gating circuit for cathode of image intensifier[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2022, 43(6): 1187

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 12, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 18, 2022

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    DOI:10.5768/JAO202243.0604020

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