RV Driver forIonThrusters

Ahigh voltage drive forradiofrequency ionthrusters isproposed. Theload, consisting ofaheavy ion plasma, imposes severe dynamic requirements tothepower converters. State space models inthediscrete time arederived forthepowercells ofboth thehigh voltage generators constituting thedriving system. Thefrequency responses ofthecontrol-to-output transfer functions arereported andtheoccurrence of short circuits isfaced.