Pulsing high current into capacitive load?

[waht]

I have to pulse 80 Amps @ 1 KHz into a capacitive load of a few uF. Unfortunately the RC constant is high enough that it prevents the next pulse to start from 0 amps. So in a sense the pulse generator delivers about 70 to 80 amps per cycle instead of 0 to 80 amps like it would in a non-capacitive load.

I fixed this temporarily by hooking up a 0.75 ohm high current resistor in parallel so it could discharge the load when the pulse is off. However I'm wasting a lot of power this way.

So I'm wondering if there is another solution?

 

[NoTime]

You might try being more specific about the purpose of your setup and what it is intended to accomplish.

 

[dude_]

put a higher resistor instead of a such small one.

your decay rate should be faster than 1msec, let's say it is about 0.2msec, so RC = 0.2msec => R = 200ohms?

 

[Farlander]

Have you tried using a variable square wave generator and a mosfet?

 

[waht]

Have you tried using a variable square wave generator and a mosfet?

Thanks for replying, but the problem has been solved two months ago. We basically generated a second low powered 180 degree out of phase pulse to discharge the cap.