SBIR/STTR Research Award
A DENSITY CONTROLLED OPENING SWITCH FOR HIGH POWER INDUCTIVE STORAGE X-RAY SIMULATORS
Award amount
$74,766Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- BERKELEY RESEARCH ASSOC., INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The Density Controlled Opening Switch (DCOS) is a high current, multi-microsecond conduction, fast opening plasma switch in which the opening is command triggered by actively "chopping" the injected plasma stream. The proposed effort will utilize existing plasma control technology and switch models develped under a previous DNA program to experimentally demonstrate the technical feasibility of the DCOS concept. The DCOS is a scaleable opening switch technology which is ideally suited for use in large multi-terawatt x-ray simulators based on inductive engery storage. Successful development of the DCOS would enable DNA to design or retrofit the DECADE simulator as a fully inductive storage machine with confidence of success.
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