Abstract: The present invention relates to an atmospheric discharge protection arrangement in an antenna (10) arranged in communication with a hull of an aircraft (11), the antenna comprising a housing, consisting of at least a first side (14), a second side (15), a third side (16a) and a fourth side (16b), at least one of the third and fourth sides being at least transparent for electromagnetic waves. The protection arrangement is an internal protection arrangement comprising the first side (14) electrically coupled to the second side (15) through at least one antenna element (24), the first and second sides consisting of a conductive material, and that the second side being connected to hull of the aircraft (11).

Abstract: A high voltage converter converts an incoming high frequency pulse voltage to a direct voltage at a level which can be varied by varying the pulse width. The converter contains a transformer (T) with its primary side (p) connected to a pulse source (U) and to a controllable switch (K). The secondary side of the transformer is divided into two sections (s.sub.1, s.sub.2). One section (s.sub.1) is connected to a rectifier in the form of a conventional voltage doubler circuit (D1, D2, Cd1, Cd2) with capacitors in parallel with the secondary winding sections (s.sub.1, s.sub.2). The other section (s.sub.2) is connected to a rectifier bridge (D3-D6) and a smoothing filer (L.sub.f, C.sub.f). The converter output is the doubler circuit output in series with the smoothing filter output.