Pulse Forming Network for Marx Generator with Boosting Operation

This paper presents Solid State Marx Generator in which capacitors are replaced by Pulse Forming Network (PFN) through which we can get controlled pulse. The magnitude of output square impulse wave can be increased to high value with the low supply voltage without using converter or transformer. To achieve high voltage the PFN inductors and capacitors are connected in boost converter mode temporarily. It increases the capacitor voltage up to its desired value. The proposed topology of single stage Marx generator using six sectionPFN with boosting operation is simulated in MATLAB and satisfactory results are obtained.