Using Self-Triggered Sustaining Pre-Ionization to Obtain Nanosecond Jitter in a MV Pulsed Gas Switch

An efficient self-triggered sustaining pre-ionization method is implemented and verified in a four-electrode gas switch. Two stages of the trigger gap discharge–capacitance discharge determined by its charging voltage and sustaining arcing driven by switch leak current are analyzed and measured. The influence of trigger gap jitter on switch jitter is eliminated by invalidating the capacitance disc...