Pulse charging system

1. A system comprising:

a bulk capacitor operably connected to a power source;

an inductor connected to said bulk capacitor with a charge switch;

a pulse capacitor connected to said inductor in series with a second diode wherein said bulk capacitor charges said inductor and said pulse capacitor when said charge switch is closed;

a regulator configured to open said charge switch at a point in time when a first energy stored in said inductor added to a second energy stored in said pulse capacitor equals a total energy required to be delivered as a pulsed discharge to a load;

a resistor configured between said inductor and a DeQ switch, wherein said DeQ switch can be closed to dissipate the first energy excess in said inductor;

a recovery inductor;

a recovery switch wherein operating said recovery switch reverses voltage on said pulse capacitor;

a freewheeling diode connecting a point between said charge switch and said inductor to a point after said pulse capacitor; and

a pulse switch connecting said pulse capacitor to said load, wherein closing said pulse switch provides said pulsed discharge to said load.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a current measurement device configured to measure a current between said charge switch and said inductor; and

a voltage measurement device configured to measure a voltage across said pulse capacitor.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said regulator is further configured to receive said current measurement from said current measuring device and said voltage measurement from said voltage measurement device, and close said charge switch after said pulsed discharge in order to recharge said pulse capacitor, according to a resonant cycle.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein a first capacitance of the bulk capacitor is greater than a second capacitance of the pulse capacitor.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a current measurement device configured to measure a current between said charge switch and said inductor; and

a voltage measurement device configured to measure a voltage across said pulse capacitor.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said regulator controls said DeQ switch operation.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said DeQ switch operation occurs when said measured voltage on said pulse capacitor is equal to a desired voltage on said pulse capacitor.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said load further comprises an application requiring a pulsed input.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a bulk capacitor comprising a bulk capacitor bank, operably connected to a power source;

an inductor connected to said bulk capacitor with a charge switch;

a current measurement device configured to measure a current between said charge switch and said inductor;

a pulse capacitor connected to said inductor with a second diode, wherein said bulk capacitor charges said inductor and said pulse capacitor when said charge switch is closed;

a voltage measurement device configured to measure a voltage across said pulse capacitor;

a regulator configured to receive an input from said current measurement device and to receive an input from said voltage measurement device, and open said charge switch at a point in time when a first energy stored in said inductor added to a second energy stored in said pulse capacitor equals a total energy required to be delivered as a pulsed discharge to a load;

a resistor configured between said inductor and a DeQ switch, wherein said DeQ switch can be closed to dissipate the first energy excess in said inductor;

a recovery inductor;

a recovery switch wherein operating said recovery switch reverses voltage on said pulse capacitor;

a freewheeling diode connecting a point between said charge switch and said inductor to a point after said pulse capacitor; and

a pulse switch connecting said pulse capacitor to said load, wherein closing said pulse switch provides said pulsed discharge to said load.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a first capacitance of the bulk capacitor comprising a bulk capacitor bank, is greater than a second capacitance of the pulse capacitor.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said load comprises an inductive load.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said DeQ switch operation occurs when said measured voltage on said pulse capacitor is equal to a desired voltage on said pulse capacitor.

13. A method comprising:

charging a bulk capacitor with a power source;

connecting said bulk capacitor to an inductor and a pulse capacitor with a charge switch;

charging said pulse capacitor and said inductor when said charge switch is closed;

opening said charge switch at a point in time when a first energy stored in said inductor added to a second energy stored in said pulse capacitor equals a total energy required to be delivered as a pulsed discharge to a load;

dissipating the first energy excess in said inductor with a resistor by closing a DeQ switch, wherein said resistor is configured between said inductor and said DeQ switch;

reversing voltage on said pulse capacitor by operating a recovery switch connected to a recovery inductor; and

closing a pulse switch connecting said pulse capacitor to said load on a resonant cycle.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

measuring a current between said charge switch and said inductor with a current measurement device; and

measuring a voltage across said pulse capacitor with a voltage measurement device.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving said current measurement from said current measurement device and said voltage measurement from said voltage measurement device at a regulator, said regulator being configured to operate said charge switch.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein said DeQ switch operation occurs when said measured voltage on said pulse capacitor is equal to a desired voltage on said pulse capacitor.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein said load further comprises an application requiring a pulsed input.