Design and Hardware Implementation of Two Stage Solid State Bipolar Marx Generator

Impulse generators were used to generate high voltage pulses. Marx generator is a multistage impulse generator. Conventional Marx generator used spark gap switches. In recent years these switches are replaced with semiconductor switches. The bipolar Marx generator is able to produce positive, negative and bipolar pulses. This paper deals with design and implementation of 2 stage solid state Bipolar Marx Generator. Thespecifications of Marx Generator are200 V output voltage, 200 Hz repetitive frequency and a pulse width of 300 mu s. The circuit is simulated using MATLAB software and the output obtained is 194 V. Hardware is tested with 50 V input voltage. The output obtained is 92 V.