| Sol No.: |
Navy STTR FY2015.A |
| Topic No.: |
N15A-T023 |
| Topic Title: |
GaN for High Rep Rate Pulsed Power |
| Proposal No.: |
N15A-023-0196 |
| Firm: |
Kyma Technologies, Inc.
8829 Midway West Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27617-4606 |
| Contact: |
Jacob Leach |
| Phone: |
(919) 789-8880 |
| Web Site: |
www.kymatech.com |
| Abstract: |
Kyma will develop and model a modular high rep rate (>100kHz) photoconductive switch using GaN and commercial-off-the-shelf laser diodes. The switch will be designed to switch >1.5kV at >150A in 5-10ns. |
| Benefits: |
This technology will benefit a number of application spaces which are currently served by long delay time and high jitter trigatrons and thyratrons. Consumer applications consist of improved linacs for tomotherapy, as well as smaller and cheaper detectors for improved border security. |