6229 Magnetron Experimental Basic System Prototype II
Part 3
Pulse Modulator:
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The photo below represents the magnetron pulse modulator. R1 in the schematic below represents the pulse transformer primary ; when
the secondary is loaded to the magnetron the primary impedance is about 24 ohms.
Initial B2Spice circuit model of the pulse modulator and magnetron (R2) cathode waveform is illustrated below
Looking at R2 the 5KW value is based on the magnetron operating at a cathode voltage of approximately -4.0KV as
discussed previously; about 0.8 A for the 6229 instead of 0.9 for the 7521.
The transformer consists of two Fair-Rite toroid
type 5943003801 stacked together; the measured and estimated volt-sec for one toroid is about 6E-5 VS per turn 0 to Bmax. Since
two are stacked then the transformer core is double the VS; for 5 turns should have 6E-4 VS which is the parameter value used for
the FLUX subcircuit.
For a single core the core manual gives AL = 1160nH = L/N2; for N = 5 get 30uH ; measured 31uH. For
two cores stacked the area is doubled giving about 60uH for the primary which is the unsaturated PARAM value used in the FLUX subcircuit.
K1 is used as a nearly ideal transformer in that its primary inductance is much greater ( used 4000uH) than the unsaturated
value for FLUX. Since Ls /Lp = (Np/Ns)2 then Ls is about 14.1 turns ratio squared times 4000uH = 805000uH which is the PARM value
used in the FLUX subcircuit.
The details of nanosecond IGBT switch operation is discussed in
SSHVSW; basically if the IGBT gate
is driven at voltages well above its rated values for sufficiently short times by an avalanche transistor setup then the IGBT can
have switching rise times of a few nanoseconds. More details of the pulse modulator will be described later.