A compact, low cost Marx bank for generating capillary discharge plasmas.We describe in detail a low power Compact Marx Bank (CMB) circuit that can provide 20 kV, 500 A pulses of approximately 100-200 ns duration. 
Compact Marx Bank
A compact, low cost Marx bank for generating capillary discharge plasmas.We describe in detail a low power Compact Marx Bank (CMB) circuit that can provide 20 kV, 500 A pulses of approximately 100-200 ns duration.  The CMB is triggered with a high speed solid state switch and gives a high voltage output pulse with a ns scale rise time into a 50 Ω load (coaxial cable) with <4 ns voltage jitter.  The electrical energy required per discharge is <1 J, and the CMB can be run at shot repetition rates of ≳1 Hz.  The CMB is readily scalable and pulses >45 kV are demonstrated in air discharges.
CMB