The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Abstract
PatentAn inductive pulse forming network stores electrical energy
delivered from an outside prime power supply in the electric
field of a low-voltage, high-energy density network capacitor.
Through timed actuation of a series of one or more switches,
the energy stored in the electric field of the network capacitor
is subsequently converted to electrical energy stored in the
magnetic field of a network inductor. The energy stored in the
network inductor supplies high-current, high-power electrical
energy to drive an electromagnetic launcher such as a
railgun
