We describe the potential of semiconductor X-band RF switch arrays as a means of developing high power RF pulse compression systems for future linear colliders. We describe design methodology of high power RF switches, and scaling law which governs the relation between power handling capability and number of elements. The design and implementation of the active waveguide window is presented. Th...

Silicon Carbide (SiC) is believed to be a revolutionary semiconductor material for power devices of the future; many SiC power devices have emerged as superior alternative power switch technology, especially in harsh environments with high temperature or high electric field. In this chapter, the challenges and recent develop‐ ments of SiC power devices are discussed. The first part is focused o...

We report the demonstration of high-average-power passively Q-switched laser oscillation from Fe2+ ions in zinc selenide. A semiconductor saturable absorber mirror was used as a passive Q-switch element. Using a 60% R outcoupler, the pump-limited output power was 515 mW. The spectral center of the laser was 4045 nm. The pulse repetition frequency (PRF) at maximum power was ∼850 kHz with a corre...

This paper describes the passive Qswitch, based on polymer and organic dye BDN, of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Pulses of 27ns duration and peak power of 1.7MW for initial transmission of Q-switch 18.4% 0 T = have been obtained. We have obtained Q-switching efficiency of 77% for train of pulses of 31 and 76.2% 0 T = at the pump energy of 98J. We have also obtained the dependency of laser pulse charac...

We describe development of semiconductor X-band high-power RF switches. The target applications are high-power RF pulse compression systems for future linear colliders. We describe the design methodology of the architecture of the whole switch systems. We present the scaling law that governs the relation between power handling capability and number of elements. We designed and built several act...

In power electronics systems the management of power loss and temperature of switching devices is indispensable for the reliability of the whole system. In this paper, a simple electro-thermal simulation model is presented. This simulation model is capable of predicting the power loss and estimating the junction temperature of power device in various environmental conditions. The electro-therma...

We present a 1 2 all-optical packet switch. All the processing of the header information is carried out in the optical domain. The optical headers are recognized by employing the two-pulse correlation principle in a semiconductor laser amplifier in loop optical mirror (SLALOM) configuration. The processed header information is stored in an optical flip-flop memory that is based on a symmetric c...

The efficient and fast control of electric power forms part of the key technologies of modern automated production. It is performed using electronic power converters. The converters transfer energy from a source to a controlled process in a quantized fashion, using semiconductor switches which are turned on and off at fast repetition rates. The algorithms which generate the switching functions ...

Guest columnist Alfred Hesener, European marketing director at Fairchild Semiconductor, describes how good design of power switches can help reduce losses in motor control circuits. Energy-saving drives with brushless DC motors can be found everywhere, and the dust has settled somewhat, since the challenge consists of integrating a complex Add your search term here electronic control circuit in...