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IEMR, Ltd. has developed, manufactured and pilot-tested several options of high-power pulsed microwave generators driven by high-current relativistic electron beams. The frequency range in which our proprietary generators radiate is within the scope of 1.4-10 GHz, the radiated pulsed power output being 300-900 MW. Its specific value depends on the type of the generator and its emission frequency.

The radiated pulse width of our proprietary devices is within the limits of 30-100 ns, depending on the type and applied purpose of the generator.

Some of our generators are operable both in single pulse mode and in the mode of emission of pulse bursts.

Pulsed Generators with Magnetic Insulation

The outstanding feature of our proprietary generators with magnetic insulation (GMI) is their low input resistance which allows to employ magnetocumulative generators (MCG) as their power sources.

It is exactly this circumstance that allows to regard GMIs powered by MCGs, as very promising devices for a whole lot of applications despite their relatively low efficiencies which is attributable to the fact that around ¾ of the entire energy of the MCGs go to creation of the magnetic insulation fields.

Fig. 1 shows photographs of one of the types of our proprietary GMIs.

   
 Fig. 1. Photograph of GMI designed to operate at 2 GHz, as powered by MCG.  
   
 Fig. 2. General view of generator with magnetic insulation at lab stand.  

Main parameters of this generator are given in Table 1

Table 1. Main Performances of MCG-powered GMI

Table 1. Main Performances of MCG-powered GMI
 No   Designation of characteristic   Value of characteristic 
 1.  Generation frequency  2 GHz 
 2.  Power per pulse  0.9-0.95 GW 
 3.  Generation pulse width  65-70 ns 
 4.  Directivity pattern breadth   ± 200 at the level of 3 dB 
 5.  Mode of operation   Single pulses 
 6.   Supply voltage   400-450 kV 
 7.   Generator’s length   Not more than 130 mm 
 8.   Generator’s diameter   Not more than 35 cm 
 9.   Generator’s weight   Not more than 85 kg 
 10.   Power source type  MCG, inductive storage  

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