2012 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference

(IPMHVC 2012)

San Diego, California, USA 3-7 June 2012

IEEE Catalog Number: CFP12PMS-PRT IEEE ISBN: 978-1-4673-1222-6 2012 IEEE IPMHVC Proceedings Paper Index

PLENARY

PLS-II AS THE LEADING KOREAN ACCELERATOR PROJECT AND ITS ROLE FOR MEGA- SCIENCE ACCELERATOR PROJECTS IN KOREA 1

S. H. Nam Pohang Accelerator Laboratory/POSTECH, Pohang, KyungBuk 790-784, Korea

THE EVOLUTION OF PULSED MODULATORS FROM THE MARX GENERATOR TO THE SOLID STATE MARX MODULATOR AND BEYOND 9 Richard Cassel Stangenes Industries, 1052 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, CA, USA

ORAL SESSION 1 -

SOLID STATE MODULATORS, COMPONENTS AND SWITCHES 1

COMPACT SILICON SGTO MODULE FOR PULSE SWITCHING BEYOND 6 KV, 100 KA 14 Heather O'Brien1, William Shaheen2, Aderinto Ogunniyi1, Victor Temple3, and Charles J. Scozzie1 'U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783 USA, 2Berkeley Research Associates, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA, 'Silicon Power Corporation, Clifton Park, NY 12065 USA

SPICE ANALYSIS OF AN INNOVATIVE SOLID-STATE MARX TOPOLOGY UTILIZING A BOOST REGULATOR CIRCUIT TO GENERATE MILLISECOND PULSES WITH LOW DROOP 19 Christopher Yeckel, Richard Cassel, and Magne Stangenes Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, CA 94303

A HIGH POWER CASCODE SWITCH FOR RAPID AND EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER AT HIGH REPETITION RATES 24 Jason M. Sanders, Andras Kuthi, and Martin A. Gundersen University of Southern California, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA

NEW CONCEPTS FOR PULSED POWER MODULATORS: IMPLEMENTING A HIGH VOLTAGE SOLID-STATE MARX MODULATOR 28 Floyd Arntz1, Marcel Gaudreau1, Kevin Ostlund1, Michael Kempkes1, and Jeffery Casey2 'Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA 01730, USA, 2Rockfield Research, Inc., Las Vegas, NV 89135, USA

HIGH AVERAGE POWER HIGH VOLTAGE MODULATOR USING A DUAL PULSE TRANSFORMER CIRCUIT 31 Werner Hartmann1, Klaus-Dieter Rohde', Norbert Grass2, Martin Schwendner2 'Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Paul-Gossen-Str. 100, Erlangen, Germany, 2Georg-Simon-Ohm University, Ntirnberg, Germany

THE SLAC P2 MARX 35 Mark A. Kemp, Andrew Benwell, Craig Burkhart, David MacNair, Minh Nguyen SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025 USA

xxxi ORAL SESSION 2 -

DIELECTRICS AND BREAKDOWN

SURFACE FLASHOVER DEVELOPMENT ON TRANSFORMER OIL-PRESSBOARD INTERFACE 39 Jouya Jadidian', Markus Zahn1, Nils Lavesson2, Ola Widlund2 and Karl Borg2 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA,2ABB Corporate Research, Vasteras, SE 72178, Sweden

THE STATISTICAL AND FORMATIVE TIMES FOR BREAKDOWN AT A POLYMER-OIL INTERFACE 43 Mark P. Wilson1, Martin J. Given1, Igor V. Timoshkin1, Scott J. MacGregor1, Tao Wang1, Mark A. Sinclair2, Ken J. Thomas2, and Jane M. Lehr3 department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Gl 1XW, UK, 2AWE Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK, 3Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA

INITIATION MECHANISM OF NEGATIVE PULSED DISCHARGE IN SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE 47 Tomohiro Furusato, Takeshi Ihara, Tsuyoshi Kiyan, Sunao Katsuki, Masanori Hara and Hidenori Akiyama Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan

SPATIALLY-RESOLVED SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS OF PULSED SURFACE FLASHOVER IN A NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT 51 Andrew Fierro, George Laity, Andreas Neuber, Lynn Hatfield, James Dickens Texas Tech University, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Lubbock, TX 79401, USA

INVESTIGATION OF VACUUM UV ABSORPTION DURING LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA FORMATION IN N2/H2 MIXTURES AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 55 George Laity1, Andreas Neuber1, Andrew Fierro1, Lynn Hatfield1, James Dickens1, Klaus Frank2 'Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA, 2Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University at Erlangen-Niirnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

SIMULATION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE DC BREAKDOWN FOR ANGLED INSULATORS INCLUDING SPACE-CHARGE AND GAS- COLLISION EFFECTS 59 Manuel Thomas P. Aldan III1, John P. Verboncoeur2 'University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1730, USA, 2Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1226, USA

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF NATURAL ESTER, SYNTHETIC ESTER MIDEL 7131 AND MINERAL OIL DIALA D 63 Yi Jing1, Igor V. Timoshkin', Martin J. Given1, Mark P. Wilson1, Scott J. MacGregor', Tao Wang1, and Jane M. Lehr2 Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, Glasgow, Gl 1XW, UK, 2SandiaNational Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 1193, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1193, USA

INVESTIGATIONS ON THE OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE MIXTURES FOR THE APPLICATION IN GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR 67 P. G. Nikolic, A, Kurz, M. Hoffacker and A. Schnettler Institute for High Voltage Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstrasse 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany

xxxii ORAL SESSION 3 -

SOLID STATE MODULATORS, COMPONENTS AND SWITCHES 2, POWER ELECTRONICS AND POWER SUPPLIES

PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZATION OF A 50 KV SILICON CARBIDE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH FOR PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS 70 Cameron Hettler, William W. Sullivan III, James Dickens, Andreas Neuber Texas Tech University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

REDUCING TURN-ON DISSIPATION OF RSD FROM APPLICATION 73 Lin Liang, Quan Wei, Wu Hong, Xueqing Liu, and Yuehui Yu Department of Electronic Science & Technology, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, No.1037, Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China

THE EFFECTS OF SUB-CONTACT NITROGEN DOPING ON SILICON CARBIDE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES 77 William Sullivan III, Cameron Hettler, James Dickens Texas Tech University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

PULSE-TO-PULSE VOLTAGE REPRODUCIBILITY EFFICIENT PREDICTION METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION KLYSTRON MODULATOR DESIGN 80 Rudi H. Soares and Davide Aguglia

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research, Electric Power Converters Group, Geneva 23 CH-1211, Switzerland

DESIGN OF AN 80KV, 40A RESONANT SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY FOR PULSED

POWER APPLICATIONS , 84 Paul D. Nonn, Andrew H. Seltzman, and Jay K. Anderson

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department Physics, Madison, WI53706, USA

DESIGN OF A COMPACT, BATTERY-POWERED REP-RATE CHARGER FOR AN 88-KJ CAPACITOR BANK FOR EML APPLICATIONS 88 B. M. Huhman, J. M. Neri Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA

ORAL SESSION 4 -

BIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD PRE-TREATMENT FOR APPLE JUICE EXTRACTION: EVALUATION OF MONOPOLAR AND BIPOLAR PULSES EFFECTS 92 P. S. Brito', H. Canacsinh1'2, J. Mendes1'2, L. M. Redondo1'2, M. T. Pereira3 'Lisbon Engineering Superior Institute, 1959-007 Lisbon, Portugal, 2Nuclear Physics Center from Lisbon University, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal, 3Lusoforma, 2725-393 Mem Martins, Portugal

HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR BASED ON TPI-THYRATRON FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD MILK PROCESSING 98 Victor D. Bochkov1, Dmitri V. Bochkov1, Igor N. Gnedin1, Gleb M. Vasiliev2, Vladimir A. Vasetskiy2, and Sergei A. Zhdanok2 'Pulsed Technologies Ltd., Yablochkova, 5, Ryazan, 390023, Russia,2A.V. Lykov Heat & Mass Transfer Institute National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, P. Brovka Str., 15, Minsk BY-220072 Belarus

xxxiii CHARACTERISTIC OF CAVITATION BUBBLES AND SHOCK WAVES GENERATED BY PULSED ELECTRIC DISCHARGES WITH DIFFERENT VOLTAGES 102 D. Oshita1, S.H.R. Hosseini1,2, Y. Okuka1, Y. Miyamoto1, H. Akiyama1,2 'Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, 2Bioelectrics Research Center, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED DIELECTRIC EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS 106 Jie Zhuang', Anna Steuer1, Yu Jing2, Juergen F. Kolb1 'Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Greifswald, Germany, 2Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

NON-THERMAL AND TRANSIENT THERMAL EFFECTS OF PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS ON HELA CELLS 110 Kazunori Mitsutake', Shinya Moriyama1, Yumi Kishita', Sunao Katsuki1'2,3, Hidenori Akiyama1,2,3, Tsuyoshi Shuto4 and Hirofumi Kai4 'Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan, 2Kumamoto University, Department Global COE Program on "Global Initiative Center for Pulsed Power Engineering", Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan, 3Bioelectrics Research Center, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan, 4Faculty of Life Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan

ANALYSIS OF PARTICLE CHARGING MECHANISM FOR OPTIMISATION OF PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY 114 Igor V. Timoshkin, Athanasios C. Mermigkas, Scott J. MacGregor, Martin J. Given, Mark P. Wilson, and Tao Wang Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Gl 1XW, UK

ORAL SESSION 5 -

PLASMA OPENING AND CLOSING SWITCHES, LASERS AND OTHER RADIATION SOURCES

DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE, FLOWING LIQUID DIELECTRIC PEAKING SWITCH 118 Rainer Bischoff

French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL), 5 rue du General Cassagnou, BP70034, Saint-Louis, France

TRIGGERED OPERATION OF A CORONA CONTROLLED AND STABILIZED CASCADE SWITCH 124 Martin J. Given1, Long Li1 Mark P. Wilson1, Igor V. Timoshkin', Tao Wang1, Scott J. MacGregor1, Jane M. Lehr2

LHigh Voltage Technologies Group, Department Of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Gl 1XW, UK, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M, NM 87185, USA

LOW JITTER, HIGH VOLTAGE, REPETITIVE LASER TRIGGERED SF6 GAS INSULATED SPARK GAPS 128 Frank Hegeler2, Matthew C. Myers1, Matthew F. Wolford1, John D. Sethian', and Andrew M. Fielding2 'Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC 20375, USA, Commonwealth Technology, Inc., Alexandria, VA 22315, USA

xxxiv DISCUSSION OF BREAKDOWN MECHANISM IN TRIGATRON SPARK GAP 132 Li Cai, Fuchang Lin, Lee Li, Xiangdong Qi and Chaobin Bao State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China

PERFORMANCE OF A CORONA-STABILISED SWITCH ACTIVATED BY FAST-RISING TRIGGER PULSES 136 Mark P. Wilson1, Willem Boekhoven2, Igor V, Timoshkin', Martin J. Given1, Scott J. MacGregor1, Tao Wang1, and Jane M. Lehr3 'Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Gl 1XW, UK, 2Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 3Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA

EFFECT OF CURRENT PULSE WIDTH ON XENON Z-PINCH DISCHARGE PLASMA FOR EXTREME SOURCE 140 Peng Lu1, Tetsuya Watanabe1, Sunao Katsuki1'2, Takashi Sakugawa1 and Hidenori Akiyama1 'Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan, 2Bioelectrics Research Center, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan

X-RAY EMISSION FROM A TABLE-TOP X-PINCH DEVICE 144 Ran Zhang, Xiaobing Zou, Xinlei Zhu, Shen Zhao, Haiyun Luo, and Xinxin Wang Tsinghua University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Beijing 100084, China

ORAL SESSION 6 -

HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING AND DIAGNOSTICS

EXPERIMENTAL IMPULSE RESPONSE OF GROUNDING SYSTEMS 148 Malone S. Castro1, Edson G. da Costa1, Raimundo C. S. Freire', Euler C. T. Macedo1,2, Maria A. O. Rodrigues' and Luana V. Gomes1 'Federal University of Campina Grande, Department of Electrical Engineering, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil, 2Federal University of Paraiba, Department of Electrical Engineering, Jo§lo Pessoa, PB, Brazil

EVALUATION OF TAPE-BASED STRESS GRADING COATINGS BY INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY 152 Fermin P. Espino-Cort6s, T. I. Asiain Olivares and P. Gomez Electrical Department SEPI- ESIME-Zacatenco, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico

A LASER DIAGNOSTIC FOR DETECTING INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD AND MECHANICAL STRAIN IN A RESONANT PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER 156 Peter Norgard1, Scott D. Kovaleski1, and Greg E. Dale2 'University of Missouri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, High Power Electrodynamics, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

THE EVOLUTION OF IEC 60034-18-41 FROM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TO STANDARD: PERSPECTIVES FOR MANUFACTURERS AND END USERS 160 Andrea Cavallini', Gian Carlo Montanaril, and Luca Fomasari2 'University of Bologna, DEI-LIT, Bologna, 40136, Italy, 2Techimp HQ Spa, Zola Predosa, 40069, Italy

XXXV APPLYING HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORM ON PATTERN RECOGNITION OF A GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR 165 Hong-Chan Chang1, Feng-Chang Gu1, and Cheng-Chien Kuo2 'National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 2Saint John's University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

ORAL SESSION 7 -

COMPACT PULSED POWER SYSTEMS

COMMISSIONING AND POWER FLOW STUDIES OF THE 2.5-MEV URSA MINOR LTD 169 J. J. Leckbee1, T. D. Pointon1, S. R. Cordova1, B. V. Oliver1, T. J. Webb1, M. Toury2, M. Caron2, and D. W. Droemer3 'Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA, ^Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, 51490 Pontfaverger, Moronvilliers, France, National Security Technologies, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA

SOLID DIELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES FOR PULSED POWER 174 M.T. Domonkos1, S. Heidger1, D. Brown2, T. Cavazos2, A. Devoe3, F. Dogan4, D. Gale2, J. O'Loughlin1, J. Parker2, D. Sandoval2, K. Slenes5, W. Sommars2, and J. Watrous6 *Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA, 2SAIC, Albuquerque, NM, USA, JPresidio Components, San Diego, CA, USA, 4Missouri Institute of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, 5TPL, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA, 6NumerEx, LLC, Albuquerque, NM, USA

A 600V, 1KA COMPACT LTD MODULE USING POWER MOSFETS 180 Pravin Iyengar1, T.C.Lim1, S.J.Finney1, B.W.Williams1 and M.A.Sinclair2 'University of Strathclyde, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Glasgow, United Kingdom,

2Pulsed Power group, Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, United Kingdom

ORAL SESSION 8 -

HIGH VOLTAGE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, ACCELERATORS, RADAR, AND RF APPLICATIONS, RELIABILITY AND TRANSIENT SUPPRESSION

PRELIMINARY NUMERICAL STUDY ON DIELECTRIC MIXTURES UNDER LIGHTNING IMPULSE CONDITIONS 184 Enis Tuncer, Christopher Calabrese, and Weijun Yin & Electrophysics Lab, General Electric Global Research Center, Niskayuna NY 12309 USA

EVOLUTION OF PLASMA DENSITY GENERATED BY HIGH POWER MICROWAVES 187 Sterling Beeson, Andreas Neuber Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA

BEHAVIOR OF HV CABLE AT SHORT CIRCUIT AND RELATED PHENOMENA 191 Alex Pokryvailo and Cliff Scapellati Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, Hauppauge NY 11788, USA

xxxvi FLEXIBLE 50-OHM HIGH-VOLTAGE NANOSECOND PULSE GENERATOR 195 Sophie Kohler, Saad El Amari, Vincent Couderc, Delia Amaud-Cormos, and Philippe Leveque XLIM Research Institute UMR CNRS 7252, University of Limoges, Limoges, France

COMPACT 110 MW MODULATOR FOR C-BAND HIGH GRADIENT ACCELERATOR 198 Takahiro Inagaki1, Chikara Kondo1, Katsutoshi Shirasawa1,2, Tatsuyuki Sakurai1, Yuji Otake1, and Tsumoru Shintake1,2 'RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-cho, Hyogo, 679-5148 Japan, 2Present address: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna-son, Okinawa, 904-0495 Japan

SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO THE ITER SNUBBERS 202

Ge Li Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 1126, Hefei, Anhui 230031, PRC

A NEW TRIGGERING TECHNOLOGY BASED ON INDUCTIVE TRANSFORMER FOR LTD SWITCHES 207 Zhuolin Tu, Kefu Liu, Yu Lei, and Jian Qiu Fudan University, Institute for Electric Light Sources, Shanghai, 200433, China

SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ELECTRO-EXPLOSIVE DEVICES TO HIGH PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS 211 David V. Reale, John Mankowski, and James Dickens Texas Tech University, Center for Pulsed Power & Power Electronics, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

ORAL SESSION 9-

HIGH CURRENT SYSTEMS AND EM LAUNCHERS

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC PLASMADYNAMIC SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 215 Yuri Chivel1'2, Victor Bochkov2, Yuri Gryshin3, Valery Suslov3, Vladimir Vermel4 'MerPhotonics, Saint Etienne, France, 2Pulsed Technologies Ltd., 5, Yablochkova Str., 390023 Ryazan, Russia, 3Bauman University, Moscow, Russia, 4TsAGI (Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute), 1 Zhukovsky Street, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, 140180, Russia

PROGRESS TOWARD A SELF-CONTAINED RAPID CAPACITOR CHARGER FOR A SMALL RAILGUN IN BURST MODE OPERATION AT 3 RPS 218 Raymond J. Allen1, Craig N. Boyer2, Brett M. Huhman', Jesse M. Neri1, and Michael J. Veracka3 'Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 USA, 2L3 Communications/Titan Group, Reston, VA 20190 USA, 3Tactical Electronic Warfare Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 USA

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF A FLYER PLATE ELECTROMAGNETIC ACCELERATOR 221 Bucur M Novae1, Kaashif Omar2, Neal Graneau2, Ivor R Smith1, Mark Sinclair2 and Peter Senior1 'School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEI 1 3UE, UK, 2Hydrodynamics Department, AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK

xxxvii COMPARISON OF NONUNIFORM TRANSMISSION LINES WITH GAUSSIAN AND EXPONENTIAL IMPEDANCE PROFILES FOR Z-PINCH 225 Rui Zhang1,2, Chongyang Mao1, Kun Huang1, Xiaobing Zou1, Xinxin Wang1 'Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China, department of Electrical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot, Neimenggu, 010051, China

ORAL SESSION 10 -

HIGH POWER MICROWAVES, RADIATING STRUCTURES, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION

SERIAL ARRANGEMENT OF FERRIMAGNETIC NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINES 229 J.-W. Braxton Bragg, Christopher Simmons, James C. Dickens, and Andreas A. Neuber Texas Tech University, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Lubbock, TX 79414, USA

GENERATING OSCILLATING PULSES USING NONLINEAR CAPACITIVE TRANSMISSION LINES 231

N. S. Kuek1, A. C. Liew1, E. Schamiloglu2, and J. O. Rossi3 'Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117583, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA, Associated Plasma Laboratory, 1758 Astronautas Av., INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, 12227-010

3D FDTD SIMULATION OF NONLINEAR FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS IN RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDE 235 Byron T. Caudle, Michael E. Baginski, Hulya Kirkici Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849

GAS EVOLUTION OF NICKEL, STAINLESS STEEL 316 AND TITANIUM ANODES IN VACUUM SEALED TUBES 239 Jonathan Parson, James Dickens, John Walter, Andreas Neuber and Magne Kristiansen Texas Tech University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79424, USA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION OF SUB-TERAHERTZ HIGH- POWER GYROTRON 241 Koyu Ito, Weihua Jiang Extreme Energy-Density Research Institute, Nagaoka University of Technology

A DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA BASED ON HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT COMPOSITES FOR HIGH POWER UHF ANTENNA APPLICATIONS 245 Kevin A. O'Connor and Randy D. Curry University of Missouri, Center for Physical and Power Electronics, Dept. of ECE, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

xxxviii ORAL SESSION 11 -

ANALYTICAL METHODS, MODELING, AND SIMULATIONS

LINEAR-INDUCTION-ACCELERATOR BEAM-ENERGY-SPREAD MINIMIZATION: CELL MODELS AND TIMING OPTIMIZATION 250 C. R. Rose, C. Ekdahl, and M. Schulze Los Alamos National Laboratory, WX-5, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

THERMAL MODELING OF HIGH TEMPERATURE POWER CONVERSION CAPACITORS ...256 J. Ross MacDonald, Mark A. Schneider, Matthew C. Schalnat, and Joel B. Ennis General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA 92123, USA

FDTD MODELING OF FAST TRANSIENT CURRENTS IN HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES 260 X. Hu1, A. J. Reid2, W. H. Siew1 and M. D. Judd1 'Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Gl 1XW, UK, 2School of Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 OBA, UK

ESTIMATIONS OF THE ENERGY AVAILABLE TO A BREAKDOWN CHANNEL AS IT PROPAGATES THROUGH A DIELECTRIC MEDIUM 264 Martin J. Given1, Igor V. Timoshkin', Yiming Gao1, Mark P. Wilson', Tao Wang', Scott J. MacGregor', Jane M. Lehr2 'High Voltage Technologies Group, Department Of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Gl 1XW, UK, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1193, USA

PREVENTING BREAKDOWN BY DIRECT OPTIMIZATION APPROACH 268 Zoran Andjelic', Salih Sadovic2, Jean-Claude Mauroux3 'ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland, 2Sadovic Consulting, Paris Ouest, 92600 Asnieres, France, 3ABB CHHOS, Zurich, Switzerland

A SIMULATION OF BREAKDOWN PARAMETERS OF HIGH POWER MICROWAVE INDUCED PLASMA IN ATMOSPHERIC GASES 272 Patrick J. Ford, John Krile, Hermann Krompholz, and Andreas Neuber Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

ORAL SESSION 12 -

POWER CONDITIONING AND PULSE SHAPING, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND COMPONENTS

HIGH TEMPERATURE CAPACITOR PERFORMANCE IN A HIGH POWER, HIGH FREQUENCY CONVERTER 276 Kevin R. Bray1, Hiroyuki Kosai', Daniel L. Schweickart2, Biswajit Ray3 'UES, Inc, Dayton, OH, 45432 USA, 2Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RZPE, WPAFB, OH, 45433 USA, 3Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815 USA

xxxix ENHANCEMENT OF DIELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH IN GLASS USING POLYMER COATINGS 280 Mohan P. Manoharan1, Michael T. Latiagati1, Chen Zhou2, Douglas Kushner2 and Shihai Zhang2 'Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, Strategic Polymer Sciences, State College, PA 16803, USA

ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN IN CAPACITOR DIELECTRIC FILMS: SCALING LAWS AND THE ROLE OF SELF-HEALING 284 M. A. Schneider, J. R. MacDonald, M. C. Schalnat, J. B. Ennis General Atomics-Electronic Systems, Inc. San Diego, CA 92123, USA

PULSED CURRENT LIMITATIONS OF HIGH POWER ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES 288 D.A. Wetz, B. Shrestha, and P.M. Novak

Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA 76019

STATUS UPDATE OF THE POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY 292 Bruno Le Galloudec1, Phil Arnold', Glen James1, Dave Pendleton1, Dave Petersen1 Geoff Arellano-Womack2, Javier Cano3, Allen Harkey2, Norris Lao2, Manuel Magat1, Michael Mcintosh2, Quang Ngo2, Seth Robison2, David Schwedler2, Mark Lopez2 'Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA 94551, USA, 2AKJMA Infrastructure Services LLC, Livermore CA 94551, USA, 3NSTEC, Livermore CA 94551, USA

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 250 KV, 100 HZ REPETITIVE VIRCATOR TEST STAND 296 Kelton R. Clements, Randy D. Curry, and Robert L. Druce of Center for University Missouri—Columbia, Physical and Power Electronics, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

EXPERIMENTATION AND SIMULATION OF HIGH CURRENT DENSITY SURFACE COATED ELECTRO-EXPLOSIVE FUSES.... 300 Jacob C. Stephens, Andreas A. Neuber, James C. Dickens, M. Kristiansen Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

ANALYSIS ON STRAY PARAMETERS IN A SOLID-STATE MARX PULSED POWER MODULATOR 304 Jian Qiu, Kefu Liu, and Liuxia Li Fudan University, Institute for Electric Light Sources, Shanghai, 200433, China

POSTER SESSION 1 -

SOLID STATE MODULATORS, COMPONENTS SWITCHES, DIELECTRICS, BREAKDOWN, AND POWER ELECTRONICS AND POWER SUPPLIES

FAST OPENING SWITCH APPROACH FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE VACUUM TUBE PROTECTION APPLICATION 308 Wolfhard Merz1, and Monty Grimes2 'DESY, Hamburg, Germany, 2Behlke Power Electronics LLC, Billerica, MA, USA

xl HYBRID OPTIONS FOR UPGRADE OF THE LHC ENERGY EXTRACTION SWITCHGEAR 312 K. Dahlerup-Petersen1, G.-J. Coelingh1, B. Panev1 and R. Leutwyler2

'CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 2ABB Semiconductors Ltd., Lenzburg, Switzerland

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR THE CLIC DAMPING RING INDUCTIVE ADDER 316 Janne Holma, Michael J. Barnes CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

DESIGN AND TEST OF A MODULAR TRIGGER GENERATOR FOR OVERVOLTAGE TRIGGERING OF MARX GENERATORS 320 Martin Sack and Georg Muller Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Eggenstein- Leopoldshafen, Germany

PARAMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF SWITCHING LOSSES OF IGBT'S IN PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS 324

Claus Strowitzki and Matthias Dahlke MLase AG, Development, Industriestr. 17, 82110 Germering, Germany

A 5KV, 3MHZ SOLID-STATE MODULATOR BASED ON THE DSRD SWITCH FOR AN ULTRA- FAST BEAM KICKER 328 A. Benwell1, C. Burkhart1, A.Krasnykh1, T. Tang1, and A. Kardo-Sysoev2 'SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, 94025 USA, 2Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

SOLID STATE FAST TRANSITION KICKERS FOR ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS 332 Howard Sanders, Steven Glidden, Daniel Wamow, Craig Dunham Applied Pulsed Power, Inc., Freeville, NY 13068, USA

THYRISTOR BASED SOLID STATE SWITCHES FOR THYRATRON REPLACEMENTS 335 Howard Sanders, Steven Glidden, Craig Dunham Applied Pulsed Power, Freeville, NY 13068, USA

GROUND BASED RADAR MODULATOR SOLID-STATE UPGRADE 339 Sherry Hitchcock1, Chris Rivers', Paul Holen1, Magne Stangenes1, Harry Anamkath1, Randy Ross1, Lill Runge1, Alan Gardner2, Jurgen Terry2 'Stangenes Industries, Inc, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA, 2Raytheon Technical Services Corporation, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA

DESIGN AND TESTING OF WIDE BANDGAP CURRENT LIMITING DEVICES 343 N. G. Kinsey', R. D. Curry1, H. Helava2, D. Bryan1, and R. L. Druce1 'Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Physical and Power Electronics, 349 EBW, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA, 2Helava Systems, Inc., 191B East Industry Ct. Deer Park, NY 11729 USA

DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATED TEST BED FOR EXPERIMENTAL SI AND SIC SGTO DEVICES 347 Kevin Lawson', Shelby Lacouture1, Stephen B. Bayne1, Michael Giesselmann1, Travis Vollmer', Heather O'Brien2, Charles Scozzie2, Aderinto Ogunniyi2 'Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA, 2U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783 USA

xli FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM FOR HIGH FREQUENCY BURST OPERATION OF A SILICON CARBIDE PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH 351 Daniel Mauch, Cameron Hettler, W.W. Sullivan III, J. Dickens Texas Tech University, Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

DV/DT IMMUNITY AND RECOVERY TIME CAPABILITY OF 1.0 CM2 SILICON CARBIDE SGTO 354 Aderinto Ogunniyi1, Heather O'Brien', Charles J. Scozzie1, William Shaheen2, Anant Agarwal3, Lin Cheng3, and Victor Temple4 'U.S Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA, 2Berkeley Research Associates, Beltsville, MD 2O705, USA, 3Cree Inc., Durham, NC 27703, USA, "Silicon Power Corp., Clifton Park, NY 12065, USA

IGBT GATE DRIVER UPGRADES TO THE HVCM AT THE SNS 358 Dennis J. Solley, David E. Anderson, Gunjan P. Patel, Vladimir V. Peplov, Robert Saethre, and Mark W. Wezensky Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

HVCM TOPOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT A POWER UPGRADE REQUIRED BY A SECOND TARGET STATION (STS) AT SNS 362 Dennis J. Solley, David E. Anderson, Gunjan P. Patel, Vladimir V. Peplov, Robert Saethre, and Mark W. Wezensky Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

REPETITIVE HIGH VOLTAGE RECTANGULAR WAVEFORM PULSE ADDER FOR PULSED DISCHARGE OF CAPACITIVE LOAD 366 Liuxia Li, Jian Qiu and Kefu Liu Fudan University, Institute for Electric Light Sources, Shanghai, 200433, China

INFLUENCE OF HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE ON THE WATER DIELECTRIC STRENGTH AND ON THE DYNAMIC PRESSURE WAVE 370 J. Martin1, T. Reess1, A. De Ferron1, R. Ruscassie' and F. Rey Bethbeder2 'Laboratoire SIAME, Electrical engineering team, University of Pau, France, 2TOTAL S.A., Pau, France

MODELING OF THE DIELECTRIC RECOVERY OF HOT AIR IN INSULATING NOZZLES 374 A. Kurz', P. G. Nikolic1, M. Seeger2, D. Eichhoff1 and A. Schneider' 'institute for High Voltage Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Schinkelstrasse 2, 52056 Aachen, 2 Germany, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Corporate Research, Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland

THE INFLUENCE OF CONCENTRATED HEAT FLUX ON DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL ESTERS 378 Pawel Rozga Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Lodz, Poland

INVESTIGATION OF AC DISCHARGES WITH WATER DROPLETS ON SOLID DIELECTRIC LAYERS 382 Alper Kara, Ozcan Kalenderli, Kevork Mardikyan Istanbul Technical University, Electrical-Electronics Faculty, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey

ON THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND DISSIPATION FACTOR OF VARIOUS ELASTOMERS 386 L. Nasrat' and R.M. Sharkawy2 'South Valley University, Electrical Power and Machines Department, Aswan, Egypt, 2Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Electrical and Control Engineering Department, Cairo Egypt

xlii REINFORCED INSULATION PROPERTIES OF EPOXY RESIN/SI02 NANOCOMPOSITES BY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA MODIFICATION 391 Wei Yan1, B.T. Phung1, Zhaojun Han2, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov2 'University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, 2CSIRO Material Science and Engineering, Plasma Nanoscience Centre Australia (PNCA), Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia

PULSED HIGH-VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN OF THIN FILM PARYLENE-C 395 Juan M. Elizondo-Decanini, Evan Dudley, and Kevin Youngman Sandia National Laboratories

HIGH FIELD CONDUCTION IN HEAT RESISTANT POLYMERS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE FOR METALLIZED FILM CAPACITORS 399

Janet Ho and T. Richard Jow US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROPLASMA DEVICES WITH CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS) AS THE CATHODE 403 Huirong Li and Hulya Kirkici Auburn University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 200 Broun Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA

SURFACE FLASHOVER OF NANODIELECTRICS WITH VARYING ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURES IN PARTIAL VACUUM UNDER DC AND KHZ PULSED FIELDS 407 Zhenhong Li and Hulya Kirkici Auburn University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 200 Broun Hall, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA

TO ELECTRICALLY LOCATE GATE OXIDE DEFECTS IN DUAL-GATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR VARIOUS HIGH-VOLTAGE DOMAINS 411 Lieyi Sheng and Eddie Glines ON Semiconductor, Pocatello, ID 83201, USA

MECHANISM FOR STIMULATED ACOUSTIC EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTIAL DISCHARGE 415

Aleta T. Wilder The University of Texas, Center for Energy & Environmental Resources, Austin, TX 78758, USA

HIGH TEMPERATURE CAPACITORS WITH HIGH ENERGY DENSITY 419 Chen Zou, Nanyan Zhang, Douglas Kushner, Raymond Orchard, Charles Mi, and Shihai Zhang Capacitor Division, Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc., State College, PA, United States

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE FLASHOVER CHARACTERISTICS IN VACUUM 422 Ling Dai, Fuchang Lin, Xiangyu Shi, Xingchen Yao, Yaohong Cheng, Zhiwei Li, Cheng Su State Key laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei Province, China

SPACER FLASHOVER CHARACTERISTICS IN SF6 UNDER REPETITIVE NANOSECOND- PULSES 427 Huijuan Ran1,2, Jue Wang1'3, Tao Wang1'2, Yaohong Sun1'3, Dongdong Zhang1'3, Ping Yan1'3 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China, 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, 3Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

xliii STUDY ON SURFACE FLASHOVER AND GAS DESORPTION OF SOLID INSULATION MATERIALS IN VACUUM 431 Chengyan Ren1'2, Jue Wang1-2, Ping Yan''2, Li Xiao1, Dongdong Zhang1'2, Tao Shao''2, Tao Wang1 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, 2Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drive, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF NANOSECOND-PULSE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE IN OPEN AIR 435 Tao Shao1'2, Cheng Zhang1, Yang Yul, Ping Yan1, and Edl Schamiloglu2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

PERFORMANCE OF INSULATORS TREATED WITH SEMICONDUCTIVE SILICONE RUBBER COATING DURING FOG AND POLLUTED CONDITIONS 439 Xiaoxing Wei', Xiangyang Peng2, Zhidong Jia1, Zhenting Sun', and Zhicheng Guan' 'Tsinghua University, Graduate School at Shenzhen, City of Shenzhen, 518055, China, 2Guangdong Electric Power Research Institute, City of Guangzhou, 510000, China

POLLUTION FLASHOVER PERFORMANCE OF 220KV GLASS STRINGS COVERED WITH INCOMPLETE SPRAYING PRTV COATINGS 443 Chuyan Zhang, Shuwei Wan, Liming Wang and Zhicheng Guan Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Xili Town, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 518055

NANOSECOND-PULSE DIFFUSE DISCHARGE AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 446 Cheng Zhang1, Tao Shao1'3, Victor F. Tarasenko2, Hao Ma', Dongdong Zhang', Ping Yan1, Edl Schamiloglu3 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China, institute of High Current Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk 634055, Russia, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

A CAPACITIVE LEVEL SHIFTER FOR HIGH VOLTAGE (2.5KV) 450 T. Andersen', M.A.E. Andersen', O.C. Thomsen1, M.P. Foster2, D.A. Stone2 'Technical University of Denmark, DTU Elektro, 0rsteds Plads, building 349, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2University of Sheffield, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Mappin Street, Sheffield, SI 3JD, England

BATTERY POWERED HIGH OUTPUT VOLTAGE BIDIRECTIONAL FLYBACK CONVERTER FOR CYLINDRICAL DEAP ACTUATOR 454 Lina Huang, Prasanth Thummala, Zhe Zhang, Michael A. E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark, Department of Electrical Engineering, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

ANALYSIS OF DIELECTRIC ELECTRO ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR AND ITS HIGH VOLTAGE DRIVING CIRCUITS 458 Prasanth Thummala, Lina Huang, Zhe Zhang and Michael A. E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark, Department of Electrical Engineering, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISION HIGH VOLTAGE CCPS FOR XFEL 462 S.S. Park', S.H. Kim', S.J. Kwon1, S.D. Jang', B.-J. Lee', Y.J. Moon1, H.S. Lee', H.S. Kang', J.Y. Whaung', S.H. Nam', I.S. Ko', M.H. Cho1, D.S. Kim2, S.Y. Lee2, H.S. Shin3, K.Y. Jang3, and S.C. Roh4

'Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang City, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea, 2Dawonsy cop., Siheung City, Kyunki 429-850, Korea, 3POSCO ICT, Seongnam City, Kyunki 463-400, Korea, 4Dong-A Hightech, Busan City, 617-083, Korea

xliv A REPETITIVE MICROSECOND-PULSE GENERATOR FOR PLASMA APPLICATION 465 Wenfeng Li1, Tao Shao1,2, Cheng Zhang1, Weiming Huang1, Yinghui Gao1, Dongdong Zhang1, Yaohong Sun1, Ping Yan1, Edl Schamiloglu2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

HIGH-FREQUENCY HIGH-VOLTAGE DC POWER SUPPLY BASED ON PARALLEL RESONANT TECHNOLOGY AND PHASE SHIFT CONTROL 469 Kun Liu1, Yinghui Gao1, Yaohong Sun1, Dongdong Zhang1, and Ping Yan1,2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China, 2Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drive, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

AN EFFICIENT ALL SOLID-STATE PULSED GENERATOR FOR PULSED DISCHARGES 473 Junfeng Rao, Kefu Liu, Jian Qiu Fudan University, Institute for Electric Light Sources, Shanghai, 200433, China

DC POWER SOURCE OF ONLINE MONITORING EQUIPMENTS FOR OVERHEAD CONDUCTORS 477 Ji Yang and Lan Xiong Chongqing Electrical Power Company, Chongqing, China, Chongqing University, State Key Laboratory, Chongqing, China

OUTPUT SHORT CIRCUIT AND INTERNAL OVERLOAD PROTECTIONS IN A "REGULATED HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY" (80 KV, 130A) 480 Paresh Patel, C. B. Sumod, D. P. Thakkar, L.N. Gupta, V. B. Patel, L. K. Bansal, K. Qureshi, V. Vadher and U.K. Baruah

Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India - 382428

A NOVEL HYBRID PWM ALGORITHM FOR REDUCED COMMON MODE VOLTAGE IN DIRECT TORQUE CONTROLLED INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES 484 V. Anantha Lakshmi, T. Bramhananda Reddy, M. Surya Kalavathi, V.C. Veera Reddy E.E.E Department, GPREC Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF CLASSICAL AND FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVE 488 M. Surya Kalavathi', and C. Subba Rami Reddy2 'j.N.T.U.H College of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Hyderabad, INDIA, 2K.S.R.M College of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Kadapa, INDIA

FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING OF INDUCTION MACHINE USING BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK 492 N. Rajeswaran1, T. Madhu2 and M. Surya Kalavathi3 'JNTUH/SNS College of Technology, Department of ECE, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India, 2Swarnandhra Institute of Engineering and Technology, Narasapur, Andhrapradesh, India, 3Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh, India

xlv POSTER SESSION 2 -

BIOLOGICAL, MEDICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS, PLASMA OPENING AND CLOSING SWITCHES, LASERS AND OTHER RADIATION SOURCES, HIGH VOLTAGE TESTING AND DESIGN, COMPACT PULSED POWER, AND POWER CONDITIONING AND PULSE SHAPING

INVESTIGATION OF NON-HEATING STERILIZATION METHOD OF PACKED FRESH FOODS BY PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD 496 Takato Higuchi, Yoshie Kuramochi, Tsukasa saito, Yasushi Minamitani Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan Yonezawa, Yamagata 992- 8510, Japan

INVESTIGATION OF QUANTITY OF ACTIVE SPECIES GENERATED BY PULSED STREAMER DISCHARGES AMONG ELECTRODES WITH DROPLETS FOR WATER TREATMENT 500 Takashi Saito, Taichi Sugai, Yasushi Minamitani Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992- 8510 Japan

SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATION OF MICRO PLASMA JETS GENERATED BY PULSED POWER 504 Makoto Inokuchi, Takashi Sakugawa and Hidenori Akiyama Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

BURST ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION 508 Hidetoshi Ishizawa, Masanori Hashimoto, Takashi Tanabe, S. H. R. Hosseini, Sunao Katsuki, and Hidenori Akiyama Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 860-8555, Japan

INVESTIGATION OF OZONE PRODUCTION USING NANOSECOND PULSED POWER TO INCREASE OZONE CONCENTRATION 512 Ryo Mabuchi, Yuki Nakata, Tatsuya Kageyama, Kenji Teranishi, and Naoyuki Shimomura The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minami-jousanjima, Tokushima, Tokushima, 770-8506, Japan

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES APPLYING NANOSECOND PULSE ELECTRIC FIELDS ON SOLID TUMOR 516 Masataka Nagahama, Naoyuki Shimomura, Yoshihiro Magori, Kenji Teranishi, Yoshihiro Uto, Hitoshi Hori The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minami-Josanjima, Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan

APPLICATION TO WATER TREATMENT OF PULSED HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATOR USING SEMICONDUCTOR OPENING SWITCH 520 Taichi Sugai1, Akira Tokuchi1,2, Weihua Jiang1 and Yasushi Minamitani3 'Nagaoka University of Technology, Extreme Energy-Density Research Institute, Nagaoka, 940-2188, Japan, 2Pulsed Power Japan Laboratory, Kusatsu, 525-0032, Japan, 3Yamagata University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yonezawa, 992-8510, Japan

PORE DYNAMICS INDUCED BY NSPEFS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL RESULTS 524 Patrizia Lamberti', Stefania Romeo2, Anna Sannino2,3, Maria Rosaria Scarfi2, Vincenzo Tucci1, Olga Zeni2

'University of Salerno, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Via Ponte Don Melillo - 84084 Fisciano (SA), ITALY, 2CNR - Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment (IREA), via Diocleziano 328, 80124 Napoli, ITALY, 3University of Salerno, Dept of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Via Ponte

Don Melillo - 84084 Fisciano (SA), ITALY

xlvi NON-INVASIVE PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD FOOD PROCESSING: PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS 528 B.M. Novae1, F. Banakhr1,1.R. Smith1, L. Pecastaing2, R. Ruscassie2, A. De Femm2, P. Pignolet2 and Yi Liu1 'School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEI 1 3TU, UK, 2SIAME, Equipe Genie Electrique, IPRA, Universite de Pau, Helioparc Pau-

Pyrenees, 2 av Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France

SIMULATION OF DELIVERY OF SUBNANOSECOND ELECTRIC PULSES INTO BIOLOGICAL TISSUES 532 S. Xiao1'2, F. Guo1, J. Li2, G. Hou3 and K. H. Schoenbach1'2 'Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA, department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA, department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA

CONCRETE SURFACE SCRAPING WITH HIGH VOLTAGE PULSED POWER GENERATOR EG-350 536 Ivan S. Egorov', Gennady G. Kanaev2, Vladimir R. Kukhta3, Vladimir V. Lopatin', Alexander V. Nashilevskiy1, Gennady E. Remnev', and Kensuke Uemura3 'institute of High Technology Physics, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Ave. Lenin 2a, Tomsk, 634028, Russia, institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Ave. Lenin 2a, Tomsk, 634028, Russia, information Technology and Applications Corporation Ltd. 82, Kamisuma Tsubame, Niigata, 9590181, Japan

STUDY ON Q-V LISSAJOUS FIGURES IN NANOSECOND-PULSED SURFACE DISCHARGE 540 Hui Jiang', Tao Shao''2, Cheng Zhang', Wenfeng Li', Ping Yan', and Edl Schamiloglu2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYMERS BY A NANOSECOND-PULSE PLASMA JET 544 Zheng Niu1, Cheng Zhang', Tao Shao1,2, Jiayu Xul, Ping Yan', and Edl Schamiloglu2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijingl00190, China, department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

A NOVEL METHOD TO CALCULATE PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE AND SHOCKWAVE PROPAGATION IN SELF-BLAST CIRCUIT BREAKERS 548 Mahdi Khanali1, Sajjad Keshavarz K2, and Kaveh Niayesh2 'University of Waterloo, ECE Department, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2University of Tehran, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PSEUDOSPARK SWITCH DRIVERS 552 Victor D. Bochkov1, Dmitri D. Bochkov1, Igor N. Gnedin1, Piotr A. Bak2, Chris J. Pihl3, Sam P. Andreason3, and John Slough4 'Pulsed Technologies Ltd., Yablochkova, 5, Ryazan, 390023, Russia, 2Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090,11, Av. Ac. Lavrentjeva, Novosibirsk-90, Russia, Akademgorodok, 3Pulse Power Solutions LLC, 16522 25th DR SE, Mill Creek, WA 98012,4MSNW LLC, 8551 154th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052

POWER TRIGGERED VACUUM SWITCHES FOR 50 HZ NETWORKS 555 Vladimir Sidorov, Dmitry Alferov, Roman Bunin, Dmitriy Evsin All-Russian Electrotechnical Institute (VEI), 12 Krasnokazarmennaya Street, 111250 Moscow, Russia

PARALLEL OPERATION OF FOUR SPARK GAPS IN A PULSER SYSTEM 558 H. Rahaman', J. W. Nam', B-J. Lee1, S. H. Nam1, J. W. Ahn2, S. W. Jo2, H. O. Kwon2 'Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784 Korea, 2Hanwha Corporation, Gumi, Kyungbuk, 730-030 Korea

xlvii CRITICAL CIRCUIT PARAMETERS IN PRODUCING A TOROIDAL AIR PLASMA 562 Adam Lodes, Randy D. Curry University of Missouri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

SELECTIVELY GROWN CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS): CHARACTERIZATION AND FIELD EMISSION PROPERTIES 566 Chung-Nan Tsai and Hulya Kirkici Auburn University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 200 Broun Hall, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA

NONLINEAR FOWLER-NORDHEIM PLOTS OF CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS) IN VACUUM AND PARTIAL PRESSURES 570 Rujun Bai and Hulya Kirkici Auburn University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, AL 36830, USA

X-RAY BACKLIGHTING OF THE INITIAL STAGE OF SINGLE-WIRE AND MULTI-WIRE Z- PINCH 574 Xinlei Zhu1,2, Ran Zhang1, Haiyun Luo1, Shen Zhao1, Xiaobing Zou1, Xinxin Wang1 department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 China, 2State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University

TIMING OF THE X-RAY BURST FROM PARALLELED X-PINCHES 578 Shen Zhao1, Haiyun Luo1, Xinlei Zhu1, Ran Zhang1, Xiaobing Zou1, Xinxin Wang1, Chuang Xue2, Cheng Ning2, Ning Ding2, and Xiaojian Shu2 'Tsinghua University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Beijing, 100084, CHINA, institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, 100084, CHINA

DETECTION AND LOCATION OF ARCING FAULTS IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS USING A NON-CONTACT APPROACH 583 Rachel M. Harris1, Xiao Hu1, Martin D. Judd1 and Philip J. Moore2 'University of Strathclyde, High Voltage Technologies Research Group, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2Elimpus Ltd., Bellshill, United Kingdom

ASSESSMENT OF DIELECTRIC DEGRADATION BY MEASUREMENT, PROCESSING AND CLASSIFICATION OF PARTIAL DISCHARGES 587 Euler C. T. Macedo1,2, J.M, Villanueva1,2, Edson G. da Costa2, Raimundo C. S. Freire2, Diego B. Araujo2, J. M. R. de Souza Neto2 and I. A. Glover3

- - - 'Federal University of Paraiba UFPB Joao Pessoa Brazil, 2Federal University of Campina Grande - UFCG

- - Campina Grande Brazil, 3University of Strathclyde - Scotland, UK

ITAIPU'S EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCEPTANCE TESTS FACTORY CARRIED OUT ON HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS 591 Claudio Morais', Domingo M. Maldonado Gonzalez2, Juliano R. Silva3 and Luiz Fernando Pisa4 1

- Itaipu Binacional (Inspection) Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 2Itaipu Binacional (Maintenance Engineering) - Ciudad

del Este, Paraguay, 3Itaipu Binacional (Project Engineering) - Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 4Itaipu Binacional

(Maintenance Engineering) - Foz do Iguacu, Brazil

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ANEW GROUNDING SYSTEM 596 M. A. O. Rodrigues, E. G. da Costa and M. S. de Castro Federal University of Campina Grande, Department of Electrical Engineering, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

xlviii A STUDY ON RELIABILITY BASED ASSESSMENT ALGORITHM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE INDUCTION STATOR WINDINGS 600 Jeong-Ho Chang, Heung-Ho Lee Chung Nam National University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City of Daejeon, Korea

DETERMINING ECONOMIC LIFE CYCLE FOR POWER TRANSFORMER BASED ON LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS 604 Sung Hun Lee1,2, An Kyu Lee1, and Jin 0 Kim2 'Korea Water Resources Corporation, K-water Research Institute, Korea, zHanyang University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Korea

REAL-TIME INSULATION STATUS ASSESSMENT BASED ON STANDARD DEVIATION FOR UNDERGROUND CABLE JOINTS 608 Ruay-Nan Wu and Chien-Kuo Chang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, City of Taipei, 10607, Taiwan, ROC

DETERIORATION TREND ON ELECTRICAL TREEING OF UNDERGROUND CABLE INSULATION 613 Ruay-Nan Wu and Chien-Kuo Chang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, City of Taipei, 10607, Taiwan, ROC

MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF INSULATION RESISTANCE OF METALLIZED POLYPROPYLENE FILM CAPACITOR UNDER HIGH ELECTRIC FIELD 617 Hua Li1'2, Zhiwei Li1'2, Fuchang Lin1'2, Yaohong Chen1'2, De Liu1'2, Bowen Wang1'2 'State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, P. R. China, 2Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China

THE LIGHTNING TESTS FOR THE RADOME IN Zll HELICOPTER OF CHINA 620 Zemin Duan1, Xiaoliang Si', Jie Feng', Jingbo Duan1, Youyuan Ni2, Xin Li2, Rongbao Chen2, and Anhong Sun3 'Hefei Hang Tai Electrophysics Technology Ltd of AVIC, Hefei, China, 2School of Electrical Engineering & Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, 3East China Regional, Administration Bureau of CAAC, Shanghai, China

A COMPACT LOW INDUCTANCE PULSE ENERGY DRIVER SYSTEM FOR PULSE POWER APPLICATIONS 624 Kum Sang Low1,2, Albert Ng1, Chee Hoong Low1, Chin Yang Chia1, Kean Phoe Cheong1, Kum Wan Low1, and David Mahadevan1 'Specscan Sdn. Bhd, No. 357C (First Floor), Jalan 5/57,46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, 2University of Malaya, Department of Physics, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

GENERATORS OF HIGH-POWER HIGH-FREQUENCY PULSES BASED ON SEALED-OFF DISCHARGE CHAMBERS WITH HOLLOW CATHODE 627 Alexander E. Dubinov', Inna Y. Kornilova', Igor L. L'vov', Sergey A. Sadovoy1, Victor D. Selemir', Dmitry V. Vyalykh', Victor S. Zhdanov', Victor D. Bochkov2, Vladmir G. Ushich2

'Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute for Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF), 607188 Sarov, Russia, 2Pulsed Technologies Ltd., 5, Yablochkova str., 390023 Ryazan, Russia

COMPACT HIGH VOLTAGE HIGH POWER CAPACITOR CHARGER 631 Willy Debache and Michael Teboul TECHNIX, HV generators & chargers, Creteil, France

xlix COMPACT 600 KV MULTI-PRIMARY WINDINGS RESONANT TRANSFORMER TO DRIVE AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCE Romain Pecquois1, Laurent Pecastaing1, Marc Rivaletto1, Antoine de Ferron1, Laurent Caramelle2, Jean-Marc Duband2, and Rene Vezinet3 'Universite de Pau, SIAME EGE, Pau, France, 2HI PULSE, Pont de Pany, France, 3CEA, DAM, GRAMAT, Gramat, France

DEVELOPMENT OF A RF BURST PULSE GENERATOR USING A NON-LINEAR TRANSMISSION LINE FOR CANCER TREATMENT Yuichi Abe, Yasushi Minamitani Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan

STATUS OF PROTOGEN: THE FIRST INTEGRATION OF GENESIS TECHNOLOGIES S.F. Glover', F.E. White2, G.E. Pena1, P.J. Foster3 *Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA, 2SAIC, Albuquerque, NM. 87106 USA, 3Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Washington, DC 20004 USA

RAPID CAPACITOR CHARGING POWER SUPPLY FOR AN 1800J PFN Travis T. Vollmer and Michael G. Giesselmann

Texas Tech University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

ANALYSIS OF THE ON-STATE RESISTANCE INFLUENCED BY THE ON-STATE CURRENT Baojie Wang, Kefu Lm and Jian Qiu Fudan University, Institute for Electric Light Sources, Shanghai, 200433, China

OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF PULSE SHAPING TECHNIQUES FOR THE HIGH VOLTAGE CONVERTOR MODULATOR Gunjan P. Patel, David E. Anderson, Dennis J. Solley, and Mark W. Wezensky Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

DESIGN AND TEST OF INDUCTION VOLTAGE ADDER DRIVEN BY 3 BLUMLEIN PFLS H. Heo1,0. R. Choi1, S. H. Nam1, J. W. Yang2, J. H. So2, H. Y. Ryu2 ,and J. H. Won3 'Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784 Korea,2ADD, Daejeon, 305-600 Korea, 3LIG Nexl, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, 463-400 Korea

POSTER SESSION 3-

HIGH VOLTAGE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, ACCELERATORS, RADARS, AND RF APPLICATIONS, RELIABILITY AND TRANSIENT SUPPRESSION, HIGH CURRENT SYSTEMS AND EM LAUNCHERS, HIGH POWER MICROWAVES, RADIATING STRUCTURES, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION, ANALYTICAL METHODS, MODELING, AND SIMULATION, PRIME POWER AND POWER SYSTEMS, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND COMPONENTS, HIGH ENERGY SYSTEMS

PULSED VOLTAGE DRIVEN ELECTROSPRAY Daichi Obata1, Asuki Nakamura1, Sunao Katsuki2 andFfidenori Akiyama1 'Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Japan, 2Bioelectrics Research Center, Kumamoto University, Japan DEVELOPMENT OF COMPACT HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRONIC VACUUM DEVICES 664 Victor Bochkov', Dmitry Bochkov1, Vladimir Nicolaev1, Vasiliy Teryoshin1, Piotr Panov1, Alexandr Batrakov2, Konstantin Karlik2, Grigory Ozur2, Dmitry Proskurovsky2 'Pulsed Technologies Ltd., 5, Yablochkova Str., 390023 Ryazan, Russia, institute of High Current Electronics RAS, 2/3 Akademichesky Ave., 634055 Tomsk, Russia

OPTIMIZATION OF A CATHODE CONFIGURATION IN GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR WITH A PERMITTIVITY GRADED INSULATOR 668 Chi-Wuk Gu, Jae-Ho Rhee, Heung-Jin Ju, Kwang-Cheol Ko Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

INTERRUPTING CAPABILITY OF VACUUM INTERRUPTER BY VARIOUS PARAMETER 672 Chi-Wuk Gu1, Kun-A Lee1, Heung-Jin Ju1, Kwang-Cheol Ko1, Cheol-Kyou Lee2 'Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 2Vitzrotech Co., Ltd., Ansan, 425-833, Korea

EFFECTS OF CAPACITIVE VERSUS RESISTIVE LOADING ON HIGH TRANSFORMATION RATIO PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS FOR MODULAR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 675 James A. VanGordon', Scott D. Kovaleski', Brady B. Gall', Peter Norgard1, Emily A. Baxter1, Baek Hyun Kim', Jae Won Kwon1, and Gregory E. Dale2 'University of Missouri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211, USA, 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, High Power Electrodynamics Group, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A 100KV BIPOLAR CAPACITOR CHARGER FOR THE AGING TEST OF HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCH 679 Yinghui Gao1,2, Kun Liu1'2, Yaohong Sun1'2, Dongdong Zhang1,2, Ping Yan1,2 'institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China, 2Key Laboratory of Power Electronics and Electric Drive, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

DESIGN AND TEST OF 2250 KV SEMI-FLEXIBLE SF6 INSULATED HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE TRANSMISSION LINE 683 Kun Wang1,2, Kefu Liu1, Xupeng Song2, Jingbo Zhang2 and Gensheng Lu2 'Lighting Source and Illuminating Engineering Department of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China, 2China Electronic Technology Group Corporation No.23 Research Institute, Shanghai, 201900, China

ANALYSIS TO CORE SNUBBER BASED ON DELTAMAX 687 Fei Xie1,2, Hongwen Yuan', Ge Lit, Desheng Cheng1, Jinling Chen1, and Qiangjian Chen' 'institute of Plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Science, City of Hefei, Anhui, PO Box 1126,230031, PRC, department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shunde Polytechnic, City of Shunde, Guangdong, 528300, PRC

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRON BEAM SWITCHING SYSTEM FOR SWISS FREE ELECTRON LASER AT PSI 691 Martin Paraliev, Christopher Gough Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

A STABILITY OF LCLS LINAC MODULATORS 695 F.-J. Decker, A. Krasnykh, B. Morris, and M. Nguyen SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 95051, USA

SNS LEBT CHOPPER PULSE WIDTH LIMITATION 700 Vladimir V. Peplov, Robert B. Saethre Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

li SNS LEBT CHOPPER IMPROVEMENTS 704 Robert Saethre, Vladimir Peplov SNS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

KLYSTRON MODULATOR DESIGN FOR THE LOS ALAMOS NEUTRON SCIENCE CENTER ACCELERATOR 708 W.A. Reass, D.M. Baca, E.R. Partridge, and D.E. Rees Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545

INJECTOR SYSTEM FOR THE POLISH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY 'SOLARIS' 712 Piotr Tracz1, CJ.Bocchetta1, P.Goryl1, L.Walczak1, A.Wawrzyniak1, J.Wiechecki1, M.Eriksson2, D.Kumbaro2, L.Malmgren2, J.Modeer2, S.Thorin2 'National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS, Krakow, Poland, 2MAXIV laboratory, Lund, Sweden

A HIGH-REPETITION RATE PULSED ELECTRON ACCELERATOR 716 I. Egorov, V. Esipov, G. Remnev, M. Kaikanov, E. Lukonin, A. Poloskov Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin Ave. 30, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

EMI NOISE REDUCTION IN AN INTEGRATED 6 KHZ SOLID STATE PULSED POWER SYSTEM 720 Hao Chen, Byron Yakimow, Paul Melcher Cymer Inc, San Diego, CA 92127, USA

METHOD OF CURRENT TRANSFORMER METROLOGICAL PROPERTIES ESTIMATION FOR TRANSFORMATION OF DISTORTED CURRENTS 724 Michal Kaczmarek Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Department of Instrument Transformers and Electromagnetic Compatibility, 18 /22 Stefanowskiego street, 91-851 Lodz, Poland

ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF SIGNAL DISTORTION ON CURRENT ERROR AND PHASE DISPLACEMENT OF THE INDUCTIVE CURRENT TRANSFORMERS 727 Michal Kaczmarek

Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Department of Instrument Transformers and Electromagnetic Compatibility, 18 / 22 Stefanowskiego street, 91-851 Lodz, Poland

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR AGING MEDIUM & LARGE OIL- IMMERSED POWER TRANSFORMERS 731 Jeong-Ho Chang1, Seung-Chan Oh2, Heung-Ho Lee1 ^hungNam National University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, City of Daejeon, Korea, 2Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, City of Daejeon, Korea

TEST STAND FOR SHOCK COMPRESSION OF GAS-IMPREGNATED SOLIDS 736 David A. Rice, Scott D. Kovaleski and John M. Gahl University of Missouri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

THE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF NBI POWER TRANSMISSION LINE 740 Ge Fei Chen Desheng Cheng , Li, Xie, Qiang Jiang Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

COMPACT ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM FOR TOKAMAK 744 GeLi

Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui 230031, China

lii FREQUENCY AGILITY OF A FERRITE-LOADED, NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINE 749 Christopher Simmons, J. -W. Braxton Bragg, James Dickens, and Andreas Neuber Texas Tech University, Center for Pulsed Power & Power Electronics, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

PROSPECTS OF BUILDING CAPACITIVE NONLINEAR LINES USING CERAMIC PZT FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY OPERATION 752 Jose 0. Rossi', Lauro P. Silva Neto1, Fernanda S. Yamasaki1, and E. Schamiloglu2 'Associated Plasma Laboratory, INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP 122227-010, Brazil, 2Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, NM 87131-0001, USA

X-BAND RELATIVISTIC BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATOR WITH TWO-SPIRAL CORRUGATED BRAGG REFLECTOR 756 A. Elfrgani, M. Fuks, S. Prasad, and E. Schamiloglu University of New Mexico, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MODELING METHODS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SHOCKWAVE IN AIR FOR HIGH POWER MICROWAVE PROPAGATION 760 Kun-A Lee, Jong-Yoon Park, and Kwang-Cheol Ko Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, Korea

OPEN TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TEM) CELL AS APPLICATOR OF HIGH- INTENSITY NSPEFS AND ELECTRO-OPTIC MEASUREMENTS 764 Sophie Kohler', Thi Dan Thao Vu', P. Thomas Vernier2, Delia Arnaud-Cormos1, and Philippe Leveque1 'XLIM Research Institute UMR CNRS 7252, University of Limoges, Limoges, France, 2Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, CA, USA

A PIEZOELECTRICALLY DRIVEN ION DIODE NEUTRON SOURCE FOR ACTIVE INTERROGATION 768 Peter Norgard, Scott D. Kovaleski, James A. VanGordon, Emily A. Baxter, Brady B. Gall, Baek Hyun Kim, and Jae Wan Kwon Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

COMPARISON OF CSI COATED CARBON VELVET AND ALUMINUM CATHODES OPERATED AT CURRENT DENSITY ON THE ORDER OF 300 A/CM2 772 Curtis Lynn, John Walter, Andreas Neuber, James Dickens, and Magne Kristiansen Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

PSPICE MODELING OF SILICON CARBIDE MOSFETS AND DEVICE PARAMETER EXTRACTION 776 Argenis Bilbao and Stephen Bayne Texas Tech University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

PULSED POWER SWITCH MODELING FOR BROAD OPERATION 780 S.F. Glover', P.J. Foster3, D.H. McDaniel', F.E. White2, G.E. Pena1, F.J. Zutavern1 'Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA, 2SAIC, Albuquerque, NM. 87123 USA, 3Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Washington, DC 20004 USA

liii ANALYTIC SOURCES USING POLYNOMIAL SHAPED PARTICLES IN THE LTP METHOD 784 Robert H. Jackson1 and John P. Verboncoeur2 'Calabazas Creek Research, Inc., San Mateo, CA 94404, USA, 2Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

REPETITIVE PULSE TESTING AND MODELING OF A HIGH POWER CERAMIC RESISTOR 787 Meredith Canty, Derek Brim, Joshua Ulrich, Daniel P. Muffoletto, Kevin M. Burke, and Jennifer L. Zirnheld Energy Systems Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

DYNAMIC BIFURCATION ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM (AAEPS) WITH NON-LINEAR LOADING 791 Hadi Ebrahimi Darkhaneh and Hassan El-Kishky The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799

A NOVEL GSSA METHOD FOR MODELING OF CONTROLLERS IN THE MULTI- CONVERTER SYSTEM OF AN ADVANCED AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM (AAEPS) 795 Hadi Ebrahimi Darkhaneh, J.R Gatabi, and Hassan El-Kishky The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799

INFLUENCE OF HEAT TREATMENT ON PROPERTIES OF HIGH-CURRENT METALLIZED FILM CAPACITORS 799 Zhonghua Kong, Bei Xu, Chunya Tong, Zaifei Luo Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, China

DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE POWER CONVERSION CAPACITORS 801 J. Ross MacDonald1, Joel B. Ennis1, Mark A. Schneider1, Matthew C. Schalnat1, T. Richard Jow2, and Janet Ho2 'General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA 92123, USA, 2US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA

LIFETIME TESTING OF AIRIX ACCELERATING UNITS 805 A. Georges, H.Dzitko, M.Mouillet, D.Reynaud, R.Nicolas CEA DAM Ile-de-France, F-91297, Arpajon, (site du Polygone d'Experimentation de Moronvilliers), France

A MOBILE, HIGH-POWER, HIGH-ENERGY PULSED-POWER SYSTEM 808 B. M. Novae1, M. Parker1,1.R. Smith1, P. Senior1 and G. Louverdis2 'School of Electrical and Electronic, Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3UE, UK, 2Dstl, UK

DROOP COMPENSATION WITH SOFT SWITCHING FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CONVERTER MODULATOR (HVCM) 812 Michael Bland1, Alex Scheinker', William Reass1, Alan Watson2, Jon Clare2, Chao Ji2 'Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, 2University of Nottingham, UK

COHERENCE EFFECTS 816 A. Gulec1, E. Teke1, F. Bozdogan1, M. M. Kekez2 and L. Oksuz1 Demirel 'Suleyman University, Physics Department, 32260, Isparta, Turkey, 2High-Energy Frequency Tesla Inc., (HEFTI), Ottawa, Canada, K1H 7L8

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