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- Titlee2v exhibits pulse power components and systems at the IEEE Power Modulator Conference
- Date03 May 2006
e2v technologies will showcase samples from its range of compact modulator systems, spark gaps and award-winning thyratrons on Booth #2 at the IEEE Power Modulator Conference, 14-17 May. The event will take place in the Crystal City Hyatt Regency in Arlington, Virginia, USA, attended by engineers, scientists and business leaders with an interest in power modulators and devices, repetitive pulsed power and high voltage products.
e2v offers a range of compact modulators based around its patented solid-state switching technology. A modulator is a high voltage, direct switching unit that converts DC power to pulsed power. e2v’s high power, pulsed systems complement the Company’s range of electron vacuum tubes. They are designed to drive high peak power microwave devices, such as magnetrons and travelling wave tubes, many of which e2v also manufactures. This enables e2v to offer system solutions, rather than just component options. The modulator systems are used in medical radiotherapy equipment, microwave surgery, radar and industrial processing systems where precise energy control is key. e2v’s MPT5839, for example, is a fully integrated modulator system that, when combined with an e2v magnetron, provides a reliable, high-energy, pulsed microwave source for electron acceleration in medical and industrial linear accelerators.
The Company also offers standard and customised thyratrons of the glass, metal/ceramic and multi-gap ceramic envelope type. Reliable hydrogen and deuterium-filled thyratrons from e2v are used as high peak power electrical switches where high peak currents are switched on demand. They recover rapidly to allow high repetition operation and a pulsed current to be created within precise switching parameters. The thyratrons’ areas of application include medical and industrial linear accelerators, particle accelerators, radar, lasers, kicker magnets and high-energy switching. Within the medical sector, for example, e2v thyratrons provide high-energy current pulses to drive magnetrons and klystrons to deliver controlled radiation doses for cancer treatment.
Spark gaps are a complementary technology to thyratrons. The Company’s broad spark gap range comprises glass and metal/ceramic models. The sealed, gas-filled devices are capable of efficiently discharging large pre-determined amounts of energy at high repetition rates (2-electrode variant) or discharging at variable voltages on demand (3-electrode variant). Areas of application include medical lithotripsy, high energy switching, surge protection and rapid pulse generation.
To learn more about e2v’s pulse power components and systems, please visit Booth #2 at the IEEE Power Modulator Conference, or visit: http://hep.e2v.com.
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