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| First post | 2016-11-02 15:17 -0700 |
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ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:17 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 15:36 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:58 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:50 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 18:02 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 18:34 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> - 2016-11-03 08:52 +0000
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 09:24 +0000
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2016-11-03 10:25 +0100
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-03 07:11 -0500
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2016-11-03 14:32 +0100
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2016-11-03 09:00 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> - 2016-11-06 17:47 -0600
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 09:29 +0000
Re: ping Win, SiC fets TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> - 2016-11-03 11:43 +0000
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 12:16 +0000
Re: ping Win, SiC fets upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-11-03 18:56 +0200
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 08:59 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 10:40 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 11:02 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 11:29 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2016-11-02 15:42 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-02 15:54 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2016-11-02 17:10 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:53 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-02 17:54 -0700
Re: ping Win, SiC fets Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2016-11-03 15:38 +0000
triacs and electronics engineering Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-11-03 10:46 -0700
Re: triacs and electronics engineering Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de> - 2016-11-03 18:01 +0000
Re: triacs and electronics engineering John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-11-03 11:40 -0700
Re: triacs and electronics engineering Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-11-03 13:56 -0500
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| From | John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 15:17 -0700 |
| Subject | ping Win, SiC fets |
| Message-ID | <bfok1c9ijr8oat3h7ggpr7utlmkhsnqa7b@4ax.com> |
Hey, Win, I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets. What sort of fall times can you get at 1KV or so? I want to switch 6 or 7 KV to ground, fast, into a 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets. The higher the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
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| From | Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 15:36 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <nvdpoi0319h@drn.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #433534 |
John Larkin wrote...
>
> Hey, Win,
>
> I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets.
> What sort of fall times can you get at 1kV or so?
You could easily get 10ns, faster if you work at it.
I've slowed my 600V switch to 8ns to keep it smooth.
> I want to switch 6 or 7 kV to ground, fast, into a
> 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets. The higher
> the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive.
Also, 7kV and 50 ohms, with 50-ohm cable, means a
current of 70A. Switching that much current is one
thing, but trying to do it fast means inductive
voltage drops, V = L di/dt, will be a killer. You
can work to keep inductance under control with one
MOSFET and a ground plane, etc., but when you put
them in series, low-inductance paths go to hell.
Dunno, John, that's a very serious game to play.
Behlke does it, but they stick to slower speeds.
--
Thanks,
- Win
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| From | John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 15:58 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <skrk1c13nuusgtgnkdu3nru4i8g7a1pldd@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433537 |
On 2 Nov 2016 15:36:02 -0700, Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: >John Larkin wrote... >> >> Hey, Win, >> >> I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets. >> What sort of fall times can you get at 1kV or so? > > You could easily get 10ns, faster if you work at it. > I've slowed my 600V switch to 8ns to keep it smooth. > >> I want to switch 6 or 7 kV to ground, fast, into a >> 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets. The higher >> the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive. > > Also, 7kV and 50 ohms, with 50-ohm cable, means a > current of 70A. Well, actually, 140 amps. Switching that much current is one > thing, but trying to do it fast means inductive > voltage drops, V = L di/dt, will be a killer. You > can work to keep inductance under control with one > MOSFET and a ground plane, etc., but when you put > them in series, low-inductance paths go to hell. > > Dunno, John, that's a very serious game to play. > Behlke does it, but they stick to slower speeds. Of course it will be hard to do! But it could be worth a lot. I might have to use the fabulously expensive Ixys RF planar mosfets to keep the inductances down. Maybe even a couple stacks in parallel. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
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| From | Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 17:50 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <nve1k80d1g@drn.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #433542 |
John Larkin wrote...
> Winfield Hill wrote:
>> John Larkin wrote...
>>>
>>> I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets.
>>> What sort of fall times can you get at 1kV or so?
>>
>>> I want to switch 6 or 7 kV to ground, fast, into a
>>> 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets. The higher
>>> the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive.
>>
>> Also, 7kV and 50 ohms, with 50-ohm cable, means a
>> current of 70A.
>
> Well, actually, 140 amps.
You need to source the (presumable short) 50-ohm coax
cable with a 50-ohm back-terminating resistor. That
means the switched load is 100 ohms, not 50 ohms. At
the far end of coax you see full voltage, as the pulse
arrives. The 2x reflected signal goes back to the
source resistor and stops the high current draw. But
to insure the fast risetime, you need to source the
70A current into 100 ohms, with your desired risetime.
That's bad enough!!
--
Thanks,
- Win
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| From | John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 18:02 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <d13l1c9c4h4k8fab23q8ie4kdqk0bari9b@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433553 |
On 2 Nov 2016 17:50:16 -0700, Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: >John Larkin wrote... >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> John Larkin wrote... >>>> >>>> I think you were working with high-voltage SiC fets. >>>> What sort of fall times can you get at 1kV or so? >>> >>>> I want to switch 6 or 7 kV to ground, fast, into a >>>> 50 ohm load, and need to stack fets. The higher >>>> the fet voltage, the fewer I need to stack and drive. >>> >>> Also, 7kV and 50 ohms, with 50-ohm cable, means a >>> current of 70A. >> >> Well, actually, 140 amps. > > You need to source the (presumable short) 50-ohm coax > cable with a 50-ohm back-terminating resistor. I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
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| From | Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> |
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| Date | 2016-11-02 18:34 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <nve4800gli@drn.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #433556 |
John Larkin wrote...
>
> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms.
OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or
better, I suggest you forgattabout it.
BTW, lower-case k for 7kV.
--
Thanks,
- Win
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| From | TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 08:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nvetrd$lfs$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #433561 |
On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: > John Larkin wrote... >> >> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. > > OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or > better, I suggest you forgattabout it. > > BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. > > Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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| From | Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 09:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nvevol$tt$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #433599 |
On 03/11/2016 08:52, TTman wrote: > On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >> John Larkin wrote... >>> >>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >> >> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >> >> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >> > Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. K is already taken for SI temperature in Kelvin (except in backwaters that still use F for Fahrenheit) k = 10^3 is the exception that proves the rule. -- Regards, Martin Brown
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| From | Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 10:25 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <nvevq3$231$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #433599 |
On 2016-11-03 09:52, TTman wrote: > On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >> John Larkin wrote... >>> >>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >> >> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >> >> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >> >> > Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. Well, 'k' is an exception, as are 'h' and 'da'. Look up 'SI multiplier prefixes'. Why, oh why, don't we see calculators, spreadsheet programs, numerical programs, etc., etc., accept multiplier prefixes? Spice does it, although it *still* gets 'M' wrong. Gnuplot has some clumsy support for it too, but that's about all I know of. Jeroen Belleman
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| From | John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 07:11 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <nvf9gf$9up$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #433601 |
On 11/3/2016 4:25 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote: > On 2016-11-03 09:52, TTman wrote: >> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >>> John Larkin wrote... >>>> >>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>> >>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >>> >>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >>> >>> >> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. > > Well, 'k' is an exception, as are 'h' and 'da'. > Look up 'SI multiplier prefixes'. > > Why, oh why, don't we see calculators, spreadsheet programs, > numerical programs, etc., etc., accept multiplier prefixes? > Spice does it, although it *still* gets 'M' wrong. Gnuplot > has some clumsy support for it too, but that's about all I > know of. > > Jeroen Belleman > If you are referring to LTSpice, I think it accepts Meg as a multiplier. That may have something to do with how it discriminates milli from mega disregarding single-letter capitalization. But I think it must be Meg rather than meg.
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| From | Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 14:32 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <nvfe8p$q04$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #433611 |
On 2016-11-03 13:11, John S wrote: > On 11/3/2016 4:25 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote: >> On 2016-11-03 09:52, TTman wrote: >>> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >>>> John Larkin wrote... >>>>> >>>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>>> >>>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >>>> >>>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >>>> >>>> >>> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. >> >> Well, 'k' is an exception, as are 'h' and 'da'. >> Look up 'SI multiplier prefixes'. >> >> Why, oh why, don't we see calculators, spreadsheet programs, >> numerical programs, etc., etc., accept multiplier prefixes? >> Spice does it, although it *still* gets 'M' wrong. Gnuplot >> has some clumsy support for it too, but that's about all I >> know of. >> >> Jeroen Belleman >> > > If you are referring to LTSpice, I think it accepts Meg as a multiplier. > That may have something to do with how it discriminates milli from mega > disregarding single-letter capitalization. But I think it must be Meg > rather than meg. Spice doesn't care about letter case. Meg or meg will work for 1e6. Spice dates from the time that many computers didn't even have lower case. I'm old enough to remember that era. In this upgrade-crazy world, one would think this could have been fixed by now. LTspice buffs pay attention now: A capacitor marked 1F is *not* 1 farad. A quirk of the same sort to catch the unwary. Jeroen Belleman
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| From | Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 09:00 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <bmnm1chvq2o0ohrq41vek1vkmkhpn2nqqd@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433620 |
On Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:32:10 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>On 2016-11-03 13:11, John S wrote:
>> On 11/3/2016 4:25 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>>> On 2016-11-03 09:52, TTman wrote:
>>>> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote:
>>>>> John Larkin wrote...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or
>>>>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case.
>>>
>>> Well, 'k' is an exception, as are 'h' and 'da'.
>>> Look up 'SI multiplier prefixes'.
>>>
>>> Why, oh why, don't we see calculators, spreadsheet programs,
>>> numerical programs, etc., etc., accept multiplier prefixes?
>>> Spice does it, although it *still* gets 'M' wrong. Gnuplot
>>> has some clumsy support for it too, but that's about all I
>>> know of.
>>>
>>> Jeroen Belleman
>>>
>>
>> If you are referring to LTSpice, I think it accepts Meg as a multiplier.
>> That may have something to do with how it discriminates milli from mega
>> disregarding single-letter capitalization. But I think it must be Meg
>> rather than meg.
>
>Spice doesn't care about letter case. Meg or meg will work for
>1e6. Spice dates from the time that many computers didn't even
>have lower case. I'm old enough to remember that era. In this
>upgrade-crazy world, one would think this could have been fixed
>by now.
>
>LTspice buffs pay attention now: A capacitor marked 1F is *not*
>1 farad. A quirk of the same sort to catch the unwary.
>
>Jeroen Belleman
In Spice 1f == 1fF, 1u == 1us, etc, only the first letter is "seen".
...Jim Thompson
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| From | John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> |
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| Date | 2016-11-06 17:47 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <nvofds$ap3$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #433620 |
On 11/3/2016 8:32 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote: > On 2016-11-03 13:11, John S wrote: >> On 11/3/2016 4:25 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote: >>> On 2016-11-03 09:52, TTman wrote: >>>> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>> John Larkin wrote... >>>>>> >>>>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>>>> >>>>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>>>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. >>> >>> Well, 'k' is an exception, as are 'h' and 'da'. >>> Look up 'SI multiplier prefixes'. >>> >>> Why, oh why, don't we see calculators, spreadsheet programs, >>> numerical programs, etc., etc., accept multiplier prefixes? >>> Spice does it, although it *still* gets 'M' wrong. Gnuplot >>> has some clumsy support for it too, but that's about all I >>> know of. >>> >>> Jeroen Belleman >>> >> >> If you are referring to LTSpice, I think it accepts Meg as a multiplier. >> That may have something to do with how it discriminates milli from mega >> disregarding single-letter capitalization. But I think it must be Meg >> rather than meg. > > Spice doesn't care about letter case. Meg or meg will work for > 1e6. Spice dates from the time that many computers didn't even > have lower case. I'm old enough to remember that era. In this > upgrade-crazy world, one would think this could have been fixed > by now. > > LTspice buffs pay attention now: A capacitor marked 1F is *not* > 1 farad. A quirk of the same sort to catch the unwary. > > Jeroen Belleman Correct. However, a capacitor marked as just 1 is interpreted as 1 farad. And Jim is correct about meg or Meg being an appropriate multiplier.
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| From | Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 09:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <esDSz.9925$Mu2.6568@fx11.am4> |
| In reply to | #433599 |
On 03/11/16 08:52, TTman wrote: > On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >> John Larkin wrote... >>> >>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >> >> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >> >> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >> >> > Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. Nope; kilo, hecto, deka http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
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| From | TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 11:43 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <nvf7s5$o42$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #433602 |
On 03/11/2016 09:29, Tom Gardner wrote: > On 03/11/16 08:52, TTman wrote: >> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >>> John Larkin wrote... >>>> >>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>> >>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >>> >>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >>> >>> >> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. > > Nope; kilo, hecto, deka > > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html > Doh I've been doing it wrong for 50 years :( --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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| From | Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 12:16 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <4UFSz.2565551$AB.342960@fx41.am4> |
| In reply to | #433608 |
On 03/11/16 11:43, TTman wrote: > On 03/11/2016 09:29, Tom Gardner wrote: >> On 03/11/16 08:52, TTman wrote: >>> On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >>>> John Larkin wrote... >>>>> >>>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>>> >>>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >>>> >>>> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >>>> >>>> >>> Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. >> >> Nope; kilo, hecto, deka >> >> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html >> > Doh I've been doing it wrong for 50 years :( Blame the teachers and the standard of modern education ;}
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| From | upsidedown@downunder.com |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 18:56 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <98qm1chcrdtltglbeijk8b7j3lnepmier7@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433599 |
On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 08:52:24 +0000, TTman <pcw1.cad@ntlworld.com> wrote: >On 03/11/2016 01:34, Winfield Hill wrote: >> John Larkin wrote... >>> >>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >> >> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >> >> BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. >> >> >Since when ? multipliers are upper case... dividers are lower case. Sometimes between 1795 and 1960 at least as kilogram has been officially been abbreviated as kg. Inofficially in computing uppercase K has been used to mean 1024. Thus 4 KB means 4096 bytes.
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| From | John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 08:59 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <sfnm1cdhvrb1jkmb3fe2e3f3t300k3j38n@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433561 |
On 2 Nov 2016 18:34:56 -0700, Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: >John Larkin wrote... >> >> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. > > OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or > better, I suggest you forgattabout it. > Pulsers that make many kilovolts per nanosecond have been around for decades. If it was going to be easy, the customer could get it somewhere else. > BTW, lower-case k for 7kV. If you intend to correct all my spelling and grammar mistakes, you'll need to publish another book. The Art of Grammar maybe. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
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| From | Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 10:40 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <nvfsqd0eec@drn.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #433641 |
John Larkin wrote...
> Winfield Hill wrote:
>> John Larkin wrote...
>>>
>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms.
>>
>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or
>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it.
>
> Pulsers that make many kilovolts per
> nanosecond have been around for decades.
kV and ns are bad, but doable I suppose.
But 140 amps and ns, with MOSFETs, that's
another matter. 140A/ns creates a voltage
V = L di/dt = 700V of across 5nH. Consider
the FET's source lead inductance carrying
this high dI/dt, and the safe, controlled
10V Vgs you're trying to impose from gate
to source. Ouch.
I'm doing 10A/5ns and having no problem.
> If it was going to be easy, the customer
> could get it somewhere else.
Yep.
--
Thanks,
- Win
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| From | John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> |
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| Date | 2016-11-03 11:02 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <7ium1cd84a5cluoauv6kpl1u26tin277bm@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #433672 |
On 3 Nov 2016 10:40:29 -0700, Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote: >John Larkin wrote... >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> John Larkin wrote... >>>> >>>> I need 140 amps. 7KV into 50 ohms. >>> >>> OK, John, if you're hoping for 10ns or >>> better, I suggest you forgattabout it. >> >> Pulsers that make many kilovolts per >> nanosecond have been around for decades. > > kV and ns are bad, but doable I suppose. > But 140 amps and ns, with MOSFETs, that's > another matter. 140A/ns creates a voltage > V = L di/dt = 700V of across 5nH. Consider > the FET's source lead inductance carrying > this high dI/dt, and the safe, controlled > 10V Vgs you're trying to impose from gate > to source. Ouch. The Ixys (old DEI) flat fets might work. Money might not matter here. > > I'm doing 10A/5ns and having no problem. Less than two orders of magnitude away! I can probably reconfigure some things, like driving 75 ohms and such, and get down to 70 amps peak, now a mere factor of 7 from your case. Can you reveal what you're using for gate drivers? > > >> If it was going to be easy, the customer >> could get it somewhere else. > > Yep. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc picosecond timing precision measurement jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com http://www.highlandtechnology.com
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