TY  - JOUR
IS  - 13
N2  - Electroporation is a next generation bioelectronics device. The emerging application of electroporation requires high voltage pulses having a pulse-width in the nanosecond range. The essential use of a capacitor results in an increase in the size of the electroporator circuit. This paper discusses the modification of a conventional Marx generator circuit to achieve the high voltage electroporation pulses with a minimal chip size of the circuit. The reduced capacitors are attributed to a reduction in the number of stages used to achieve the required voltage boost. The paper proposes the improved isolation between two capacitors with the usage of optocouplers. Parametric analysis is presented to define the tuneable range of the electroporator circuit. The output voltage of 49.4 V is achieved using the proposed 5-stage MOSFET circuit with an input voltage of 12 V.
JF  - Electronics
Y1  - 2022///
SN  - 2079-9292
UR  - http://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11132013
VL  - 11
ID  - uneatlantico3008
TI  - A Modified Marx Generator Circuit with Enhanced Tradeoff between Voltage and Pulse Width for Electroporation Applications
KW  - electroporator; pulse generator; rectangular pulse generator; load independent electroporator
AV  - public
A1  - Ganesan, Selvakumar
A1  - Ghosh, Debarshi
A1  - Taneja, Ashu
A1  - Saluja, Nitin
A1  - Rani, Shalli
A1  - Singh, Aman
A1  - Elkamchouchi, Dalia H.
A1  - Delgado Noya, Irene
ER  -