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Re: Dump the RSG!




From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Monday, November 03, 1997 4:04 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Dump the RSG!

Richard Hull wrote:


> Wow!  That is great!  Just what we have been waiting for!  What catalog can
> I order a solid state switch that can commutate 20 -50 megawatt pulses with
> peak currents near 1000amps at 20,000 volts about 500 times per second?  Oh
> yeah, its gotta cost me no more than my current gap system.

Unfortunately in this case, better performance and higher reliability 
do not come at a lower price.  If you want a recent data sheet however,
contact Westcode Ltd. and ask for the WG20045HP Symmetrical Modified
GTO.

V off = 4500V per stacked device
Ipeak = 80kA
Irise = 12kA/uS
I^2*t = 1,600,000.


-GL