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A capacitor discharge apparatus of the kind having a spark gap device for discharging a capacitor to provide a current impulse for conduction through a load. The capacitor and spark gap device both include flat terminals for connecting them directly to a foil strip transmission line. The capacitor i

A capacitor discharge apparatus of the kind having a spark gap device for discharging a capacitor to provide a current impulse for conduction through a load. The capacitor and spark gap device both include flat terminals for connecting them directly to a foil strip transmission line. The capacitor is relatively thin and configured such that electrical current flows through it along a short, substantially uni-directional path. The current path of the apparatus is configured such that it retraces itself in a closely-spaced relationship, whereby the magnetic field created by current flowing through each segment of the path is substantially canceled by the magnetic field of the oppositely-directed current flowing through the corresponding, closely-spaced path segment. This substantially reduces the apparatus\inductance, such that it provides an increased peak electrical current and a faster current rise time.

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A capacitor discharge apparatus comprising: a flat capacitor having a flat terminal projecting from each of two opposite ends and configured such that electrical current flows through it along a short, substantially uni-directional path; a spark gap device having two spaced electrodes and two flat t

A capacitor discharge apparatus comprising: a flat capacitor having a flat terminal projecting from each of two opposite ends and configured such that electrical current flows through it along a short, substantially uni-directional path; a spark gap device having two spaced electrodes and two flat terminals electrically connected to the respective electrodes; and a transmission line having an elongated flat insulator strip and two elongated foil conductor strips located on opposite sides of the insulator strip, the transmission line providing two load terminals adapted for connection to a load and connecting directly to the terminals of the capacitor and spark gap device to configure them in series with the two load terminals; wherein actuation of the spark gap device rapidly discharges any electrical charge stored on the capacitor for conduction through a load connected to the load terminals of the transmission line; and wherein the electrical current path defined by the capacitor, spark gap device and transmission line is configured such that each path segment is located in close proximity to, but in the opposite direction of, a corresponding path segment, such that the magnetic field created by the current flowing through each path segment is substantially canceled by the magnetic field created by the oppositely-directed current flowing through its corresponding path segment, thereby reducing the series inductance of the apparatus such that it provides a correspondingly increased peak electrical current and a faster current rise time.