The PVX-4130 pulse generator is optimized for high impedance capacitive loads, driving extraction grids and deflection plates, and pulsing or gating power tube grids. It generates an output voltage of 6,000 volts with rise and fall times less than 60ns, with very flat voltage pulses from 160 nanoseconds to DC into a capacitive load.
The pulse generator is a direct-coupled, air-cooled solid-state half-bridge (totem pole) design, offering equally fast pulse rise and fall times, low power dissipation, and virtually no overshoot, under-shoot or ringing. All control and protection logic circuitry, support power, energy storage and output stage circuitry are incorporated into the PVX-4130. No series or shunt resistors, impedance-matching networks between the pulser and the load, or additional energy storage (capacitor banks).
Berkeley BNC PVX-4130 ±6kV Pulse Output Bipolar Pulse Generator
Ordering Information
Please allow 3 - 6 weeks for this product to arrive.
This product comes with a 1 year (12 Month) warranty.
Technical Specifications
Output
Minimal Information
±6000 Volts (Vhigh– Vlow)
Minimum Value 0 Volts Means of Adjustment Controlled by Power Supply Input Voltages Pulse Ride and Fall Time <60ns, typically <52ns (10% to 90%) Pulse Width <150ns to DC, Controlled by Input Gate Pulse Recurrence Frequency (PRF) Single shot to 10KHz at 6000V continuous output, maximum limited by power dissipation (1) Max. Average Power 100W (Vhigh– Vlow), derated at 2W/ °C over 25 °C ambient (1) Max. Duty Cycle Continuous Droop <1% Over/Undershoot
<5% Throughout Delay 160ns Typical Jitter <1ns shot-to-shot Output Connector & Cable Kings 10KV, Rear Panel, with 4 feel (~1.2M) RG-58 (50Ω) Coaxial Cable Input DC Voltage +Vin (Vhigh) (User-Supplied)
Absolute Max. Value +6000 Volts Absolute Min. Value -6000 Volts Relative Max. Value +6000 Volts over Vlow Voltage Relative Min. Value +0V Over Vlow Voltage Input DC Voltage -Vin (Vlow) (User-Supplied, only needed if biasing output) Absolute Max. Value +6000 Volts Asbolute Min. Value -6000 Volts Input DC Connectors Kings 10KV, Rear Panel (One each for +Vin and -Vin) GATE (User-Supplied) Gate Source & Connector TTL into 50Ω, into BNC connector on the front panel Voltage & Current Monitors Voltage Monitor 2000: 1 into 1 MegΩ, BNC connector Current Monitor 10A/V into 50Ω, BNC connector General
Support Power 90VAC to 240VAC, 50/60Hz Dimensions (Excluding Connectors) 19”W x 5.2”H x 16”D (48.25cm W x 13.2cm H x 41cm D) Weight (Approximate) 18 lbs. (8.2 Kilograms) Features/Applications
FEATURES
- 0 to ±6,000 V Pulse Output
- <60 ns Rise and Fall Times, 10 kHz Pulse Repetition Frequency
- Protected Against Arcs, Shorts and Load Transients
- Voltage and Current Monitor Outputs
APPLICATIONS
- Driving extraction grids and deflection plates
- Pulsing or gating power tube grids, Pockels Cells and Q Switches, acoustic transducers, microchannel plates, pohotomultiplier tubes, and image intensifiers

















