High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 37, Issue 5, 055002(2025)

Design and application of high-voltage nanosecond switches based on PCSS triggered thyristor surge suppressor arrays

Jing Zhang1, Guanghui Qu2、*, Lin Zhang2, Guoqiang Zhao2, Zhehao Zhang2, Lina Liu2, Yuanyuan Liu2, and Mingqi Li2
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  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China
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    The solid-state high-voltage pulse switch with high index, compact structure and good stability is of great significance to the progress of pulse power technology. This paper proposes a high-voltage nanosecond switching technology route based on Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches (PCSS) and thyristor surge suppressor (TSS) arrays, and a new type of high voltage switching module (PCSS triggering thyristor surge suppressors module, PTTSSM) is developed by using PCSS, which is convenient for realizing the high-voltage isolation, as the triggering unit of TSS arrays. The 20 kV PTTSSM has a peak output current of 23.7 A, a pulse width of 122.1 ns, a rise time and a fall time of 55.9 ns and 128.3 ns, respectively, and a size of 60 mm×60 mm×40 mm. The 100 kV PTTSSM has an adjustable peak output voltage of 60-100 kV, a maximum peak output current of 356 A, a pulse width of 1.308 µs, rise time and fall time of 160.4 ns and 2.454 µs, respectively, and its size is 150 mm×100 mm×50 mm. All of them can work stably for a long time. Pulse power supply based on a new solid-state switching module successfully generates a large number of stable low-temperature plasmas in organic wastewater treatment experiments, verifying the feasibility and effectiveness of the switching module-driven plasma generation.

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    Jing Zhang, Guanghui Qu, Lin Zhang, Guoqiang Zhao, Zhehao Zhang, Lina Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Mingqi Li. Design and application of high-voltage nanosecond switches based on PCSS triggered thyristor surge suppressor arrays[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(5): 055002

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    Received: Oct. 11, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 13, 2025

    Published Online: May. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: Guanghui Qu (qgh@xaut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202537.240356

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