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Custom High Voltage High Speed Switching Devices

Our expertise is in the area of very fast switching of high voltages with high current to the load.  We have done customer-specified designs for a variety of applications in this general area. We invite you to contact us about your need.  Our core competence is in pulses with
  • high voltage (kV), 
  • fast edges (ns),
  • high rep rate (MHz) and 
  • high current (A to 100’s of A).  
  • Power modulators using all of the above

Our first project was undertaken at the request of  the United States Department of Energy, LBL Scientific and Anodyne Research to jointly develop a high-speed,  high-power high-voltage pulse generator.    We are still waiting for funding and have taken on other designs while waiting. This pulser will produce 20 kV pulses with under 5 ns edges and sink up to 50 A. 

For a quick look at the specs this  product of a family of rapid high voltage pulsers, click here.

ustomer base has included,
  • DHS Applications, 
  • Particle Accelerator Physics, 
  • Electro Optical Switching,  
  • Plasma Physics

Recent projects have included
  • Multi kV, 50 ns. width pulses driven into a 100 pF. load at > 5 MHz.. This pulse generator requires liquid cooling to dissipate the switching power!
  • High power electronic switch to simulate line transients  with fast edges and fully variable duty cycle
  • A device to ignite a plasma in a tube.  It drives a high capacitance (200 pF) and is protected from over load.
  • Alpha particle based air ionizer for static charge control.
  • A detector capable of identifying EMI transients from electrostatic discharge and the characteristics of each discharge.

Geoff Weil

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Geoff Weil is a talented designer with expertise in the area of rapid high voltage switching circuitry.  He has designed such difficult projects as electrostatic discharge simulators with sub nanosecond timing and up to 30 kV amplitudes. This project plays directly into his experience and expertise and is sure to result in a high reliability, high performance family of products
Weil's Biography

Levit's Biography 

Static Charge is one of the least understood obstacles to profitable manufacturing

.LBL Scientific provides creative solutions to remove the obstacles!!  Whether your business is a semiconductor fab, electronics manufacturing, fiber optics, product assembly in a cleanroom or flat panel manufacturing. Whether you are facing microcontamination issues. robotic misbehavior or ESD damage, LBL has the experience to help you

Because Levit has no allegiance to any manufacturing companies, his solutions offer the best product and the best price from the right vendor for each job.
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Larry Levit

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Larry Levit, founder of LBL Scientific has worked in the static charge control industry for over 15 years and in High Energy Physics for 25 years.  His work at LeCroy as Chief Scientist led to electronic products that enabled physicists to win 6 Nobel Prizes..  He can guide you to a more profitable factory by elliminating the sources of ESD damage, mitigating microcontamination issues and identifying EMI from ESD that is effecting your robotics and automated test systems.
Levit's Biography 

 Publication List

​New!   Latest Articles by Levit delivered at the 2015 ESDA Symposium, Reno NV, September 27-October 2, 2015 
  • Analysis of Pulsed DC Ionizer Measurement Procedures with a CPM Using ESDA RP 3.1-2006 Lawrence Levit,  William Vosteen,) Geoffrey Weil.    ​Click for document:
  • A Novel New Concept in Hybrid Alpha Ionization Systems  Lawrence Levit,  Geoffrey Weil .  Click for document:

IEST Course Scheduled by Larry Levit

The upcoming 2016 ESTECH Conference and Tutorials will be held May 2-5 2016 in Glendale Arizona

For details of the meeting see 
http://www.iest.org/meetings/ESTECH


A seminar will be presented by Levit:Electrostatic forces occur naturally in everyday life, in all settings. These invisible fields are typically ignored unless the effects are a nuisance or are destructive. In the cleanroom, however, electrostatic forces contaminate the environment in some ways not normally considered. A practical knowledge and conscious effort must be employed to control and minimize these forces to avoid unexpected, negative cleanroom performance, equipment failures, and product destruction. This course provides students with a thorough, practical understanding and approach to recognizing, measuring, and minimizing harmful electrostatic force contamination in their own cleanrooms.
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ESD Working Group Chaired by Levit - Call for New Members

WG-CC022: Electrostatic Charge in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments — Larry Levit
Thursday, May 5 • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m

There are several standards produced by a number of organizations that tell the user how to measure the effectiveness of various electrostatic charge control techniques.  IEST has decided to take a different approach to measurements.  By providing the underlying issues of measurement and control, the document will serve as a useful addition to any static control library.  
If you wish to participate, contact Larry Levit using the link below or Technical Program Manager Jennifer Sklena (847) 981-0100, ext. 6011, iestservices@iest.org

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