Development of a pulsed power system using MOSFETs and underwater pulsed electric discharge

Issue title: Proceedings from the 16th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM 2013)

Guest editors: Xavier Maldague and Toshiyuki Takagi

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sato, Morihiko^{a; *} | Oya, Ryusuke^a | Ishikawa, Takeo^a

Affiliations: [a] Division of Electronics and Informatics, Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan | Université Laval, Canada | Tohoku University, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Morihiko Sato, Division of Electronics and Informatics, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, 376-8515, Kiryu, Japan. E-mail: satom@el.gunma-u.ac.jp

Abstract: We have developed a high-frequency pulsed power generation system using either ten or twenty MOSFETs in series. The operation principle of the circuit was elucidated, and the experimental results confirmed the operation of the developed circuit. When twenty MOSFETs were used, repetitive operation was achieved at an output voltage of 10 kV and a frequency of 1 kHz. A preliminary experiment on underwater pulsed electrical discharge is performed, and the occurrence of underwater pulsed electric discharge was confirmed.

Keywords: Pulsed power, MOSFET, underwater electric discharge

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-141916

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 45, no. 1-4, pp. 851-857, 2014