Combined solid-state closing switch for high-current pulse switching
A.P. Orlov1, P.I. Golyakov1, Yu.V. Vlasov1, P.B. Repin 1
1Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia
Email: orlov@ntc.vniief.ru

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The results of studies of a solid-state closing switch for a high-current pulse switching are presented. The experiments were carried out on a laboratory facility with a capacitive energy storage run down a discharge circuit with electrical-explosive opening switch (EEOS) by a current pulse with an amplitude ~450 kA. The discharge circuit consists of two sections separated by a branch with a solid-state closing switch. A metal foil of the EEOS can be located in an interelectrode gap of the closing switch. The operation of the EEOS leads to a breakdown of the insulation of the closing switch, as a result of which an effective shunting of the section of the discharge circuit containing the EEOS occurs. The developed combined solid-state closing switch in the future is capable of providing multi-channel switching of a high-current pulse to the load synchronously with the EEOS operation. Keywords: current switching, electrical-explosive opening switch, solid-state closing switch, closing time of a switch, final resistance of a switch.
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