Hi,
I've attached a picture of a flashlamp circuit. It uses series trigger (i.e. high voltage to ionize the gas, directly in the circuit), and a transistor which control the length and current of the discharge.
However, as the trigger voltage is usually a few kV, how can any transistor (Mosfet, IGBT, ...) handle this high voltage as they are usually rated to 1kV max ?
Or is there another way of achieving it ?
Thks.
I've attached a picture of a flashlamp circuit. It uses series trigger (i.e. high voltage to ionize the gas, directly in the circuit), and a transistor which control the length and current of the discharge.
However, as the trigger voltage is usually a few kV, how can any transistor (Mosfet, IGBT, ...) handle this high voltage as they are usually rated to 1kV max ?
Or is there another way of achieving it ?
Thks.
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