Re: Non-linearity/saturable inductor as a switch?

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Original poster: "robert & june heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Jolyon: The answer is yes, I beleave you would nead to wind your own
inductor. Just such a circuit was used to trigger radar magnetron circuits
in tube operated radar days. The inductor was tri-filar wound and produced a
high amplitude pulse of a fixed pulse width. A FET can do the same task.
   Robert  H
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 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:21:08 -0700
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 > Subject: Non-linearity/saturable inductor as a switch?
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 > Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
 >
 > Could not in theory a saturable inductor be used as a voltage-triggered
 > switch in a TC in place of a spark gap -or would it be just too slow?
 >
 > What would be the effect of the change in reactance of the saturable
 > element on the frequency of the tank circuit?
 >
 >