Patent ID: 7498697

Claim:
A Marx generator ( 11 ) having a number of capacitors (Cn), which are charged when connected in parallel via resistors (Rn, R′n) upstream of the capacitor connections (An, A′n) to an input voltage (UI), and are then connected in series with one another via spark gaps (Fn), in order to produce n-times the input voltage (UI) as the output voltage (UO), wherein the series-connected resistors (Ri-Ri+1; R′i-R′i+1) are each in the form of a molding ( 12 , 12 ′) of an electrically conductive plastic having a long-term resistance to high voltages so as to remain in an essentially unchanged condition, wherein each said plastic molding is laid over the respectively associated connections (An, A′n) of the capacitors (Cn).