In Part 1, we talked about fires inside the Marx generator — the kind that melt plastics and fill the housing with soot. Part 2 covers a different kind of expensive: 100’s of kV launched [...]
Note: This discussion is ultimately a discussion about the charging methods of Marx generators. Let’s start with the bad. Every pulsed power engineer eventually learns the hard way that Marx [...]
Marx generator troubleshooting can eat a full day if you don’t have a system. There are a lot of components in the circuit, the failure mode isn’t always obvious, and a bad reading in one place [...]
Triggering a Marx Generator This month, we discuss the triggering of Marx generators, or at least how APELC triggers them. Many years ago, we published a couple of papers at the 2001 IEEE Pulsed [...]
APELC’s Basis for Marx Generator Design Part 3 — The Plastic Case Capacitor This blog will complete our Marx Generator Design series, or at least the design from a capacitor-geometry basis. This [...]
APELC’s basis for a Marx Generator Design – Part 2 Using Mica Film Capacitors Using Mica Film Capacitors Last summer, we talked about the design of Marx generators using the ceramic doorknob [...]
2025 in Review: Projects Delivered, Lessons Learned, and What’s Ahead for APELC December always seems to be a month to reflect on the past, while also eyeing the coming year. This is a healthy [...]
APELC Delivers High-Voltage Test Bed to UT Arlington for Advanced Insulation Research Austin, Texas — December 3, 2025– Applied Physical Electronics. L.C. (APELC) has delivered a high-voltage [...]
