Parallel-plate stacked Blumlein line using ceramic slabs

A kind of ceramic slab with high energy storage density is appropriate to be employed in parallel-plate stacked Blumlein lines (SBLs). In this paper, we propose the design concept of a parallel-plate SBL using ceramic slabs. A stacked rail-gap triggered switch (SRTS) is designed for achieving a fast rise-time of less than 10 ns. For verifying this design concept, the prototype of a 2-stage SBL has been developed and tested. Experimental results demonstrate that the SBL design depicted here is suitable for a modularized pulsed power system.