Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help? (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:23:03 -0500
From: Charles Brush <cfbrush@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help? (fwd)

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>Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:29:03 -0800
>From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help? (fwd)
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>Look for EG&G application notes on series triggering.  You may find the
>stuff in the Perkin Elmer website.
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>In particular, search for datasheet T4000E-3
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>There's a variety of series injection trigger transformers:
>TS-136B is the biggest.. 4.8mH unsaturated, 110uH saturated secondary L,
>0.02 ohms, 30:1 turns ratio, 1usec pulse width
>TS-179 looks like the smallest... 15kV out, 25:1, 3.8mH/80uH, 0.05 ohms, 12
>A RMS
>The back page (of 4) in the datahseet has sample schematics.
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>Get yourself a copy of Edgerton's book, before you fool around much more.
>Much useful information there, and it will save you a bunch o'bucks in the
>long run.


Jim,

Thanks very much for the suggestion.  There is some good stuff on 
that site.  My wife actually took a course taught by Edgerton when 
she was taking electrical engineering at MIT.  Computer science was 
really her focus though so building xenon igniter circuits is not 
really her thing.


Charles