--- title: "PVX-4130 | ±6kV Pulse Output Bipolar Pulse Generator" date: 2024-12-17T03:36:18Z modified: 2026-06-12T19:30:06Z permalink: "https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/pvx-4130-%c2%b16kv-pulse-output/" type: page status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 18712 --- [ ![](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/banner_configurator_pulsers.png) ](/high-voltage-pulse-generators-standard-and-custom-versions-available) [![ps_4130_tilt2](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_tilt2.png) ](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_tilt2.png) [![PVX-4130 Front](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_front.png) ](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_front.png) [![PVX-4130 Side](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_side.png) ](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_side.png) [![PVX-4130 Back](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_back.png) ](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/wp-content/uploads/ps_4130_back.png) - [ Quote ](/get-quote/?interested_product=PVX-4130%20|%20%C2%B16kV%20Pulse%20Output) - [ Contact ](/contact-us/) - [ Datasheet ](#bnc-tab-technical-resources) - [ Price List ](/access-pricelist/) - [ RF Selection Guide ](/ProductSelection/) #### PVX-4130 | ±6kV Pulse Output Bipolar Pulse Generator The PVX-4130 pulse generator is optimized for high impedance capacitive loads, driving extraction grids and deflection plates, and pulsing or gating power tube grids. It generates an output voltage of 6,000 volts with rise and fall times less than 60ns, with very flat voltage pulses from 160 nanoseconds to DC into a capacitive load. The pulse generator is a direct-coupled, air-cooled solid-state half-bridge (totem pole) design, offering equally fast pulse rise and fall times, low power dissipation, and virtually no overshoot, under-shoot or ringing. All control and protection logic circuitry, support power, energy storage and output stage circuitry are incorporated into the PVX-4130. No series or shunt resistors, impedance-matching networks between the pulser and the load, or additional energy storage (capacitor banks). [ ![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1105 100'%2F%3E) ](https://academy.berkeleynucleonics.com/) Overview Specifications Technical Resources Downloadable Resources Media Price Lists ##### Applications - Driving extraction grids and deflection plates - Pulsing or gating power tube grids, Pockels Cells and Q Switches, acoustic transducers, microchannel plates, pohotomultiplier tubes, and image intensifiers ##### Features - 0 to ±6,000 V Pulse Output - <60 ns Rise and Fall Times, 10 kHz Pulse Repetition Frequency - Protected Against Arcs, Shorts and Load Transients - Voltage and Current Monitor Outputs ##### Output **Minimal Information** ±6000 Volts (Vhigh– Vlow) **Minimum Value** 0 Volts **Means of Adjustment** Controlled by Power Supply Input Voltages **Pulse Ride and Fall Time** <60ns, typically <52ns (10% to 90%) **Pulse Width** <150ns to DC, Controlled by Input Gate **Pulse Recurrence Frequency (PRF)** Single shot to 10KHz at 6000V continuous output, maximum limited by power dissipation (1) **Max. Average Power** 100W (Vhigh– Vlow), derated at 2W/ °C over 25 °C ambient (1) **Max. Duty Cycle** Continuous **Droop** <1% **Over/Undershoot** <5% **Throughout Delay** 160ns Typical **Jitter** <1ns shot-to-shot **Output Connector & Cable** Kings 10KV, Rear Panel, with 4 feel (~1.2M) RG-58 (50Ω) Coaxial Cable ##### Input DC Voltage +Vin (Vhigh) (User-Supplied) Absolute Max. Value +6000 Volts Absolute Min. Value -6000 Volts Relative Max. Value +6000 Volts over Vlow Voltage Relative Min. Value +0V Over Vlow Voltage ##### Input DC Voltage -Vin (Vlow) (User-Supplied, only needed if biasing output) **Absolute Max. Value** +6000 Volts **Asbolute Min. Value** -6000 Volts **Input DC Connectors** Kings 10KV, Rear Panel (One each for +Vin and -Vin) ##### GATE (User-Supplied) Gate Source & Connector TTL into 50Ω, into BNC connector on the front panel ##### Voltage & Current Monitors Voltage Monitor 2000: 1 into 1 MegΩ, BNC connector Current Monitor 10A/V into 50Ω, BNC connector ##### General **Support Power** 90VAC to 240VAC, 50/60Hz **Dimensions (Excluding Connectors)** 19”W x 5.2”H x 16”D (48.25cm W x 13.2cm H x 41cm D) Weight (Approximate) 18 lbs. (8.2 Kilograms) \*\*\*SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE\*\*\* [ Model PVX-4130 Datasheet](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/download/22218/?tmstv=1781292606) [ App Note – How Do I Connect My HV Pulser to a Load?](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/download/27670/?tmstv=1781292606) [ App Note – How Do I Slow the Rise Time of My Voltage Pulser?](https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/download/27676/?tmstv=1781292606) Downloadable resources such as datasheets, firmware, software, drivers and products manuals. 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