This article describes the principles of operation and the
parameters of the SINUS setups designed at the Institute of
High-Current Electronics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy
of Science, over the period from 1990 to 2002. A characteristic
feature of accelerators of the SINUS type is the use of coaxial
forming lines (in particular, with a spiral central conductor)
which are charged by a built-in Tesla transformer to produce
the accelerating high-voltage pulses. This ensures a reasonable
compactness and long lifetime of the setups.
