Title :
Features of the pseudospark switch operation at a low anode voltage
Author :
Korolev, Y.D. ; Frants, O.B. ; Shemyakin, I.A. ; Geyman, V.G. ; Bochkov, V.D. ; Ivashov, R.V. ; Landl, N.V. ; Frank, K. ; Iberler, M. ; Urban, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High Current Electron., Tomsk, Russia
Abstract :
The paper describes the recent results on development the sealed-off switches especially intended to reduce the forward voltage drop in the initial glow stages of the discharge burning. This allows the switches to operate at a rather low anode voltage. In particular, for the switch with a trigger unit based on an auxiliary glow discharge the forward voltage drop is reduced to 200 V with an initial anode voltage of about 1 kV.
Keywords :
glow discharges; plasma oscillations; plasma switches; sparks; 1 kV; auxiliary glow discharge; discharge burning; forward voltage drop; forward voltage drop reduction; initial anode voltage; initial glow stages; low anode voltage; pseudospark switch operation; sealed-off switches; trigger unit; Anodes; Cathodes; Composite materials; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Glow discharges; Low voltage; Powders; Surface discharges; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7120-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001911
