Title :
High voltage vacuum switch with negative electron affinity of diamond PIN diode emitter
Author :
Takeuchi, D. ; Koizumi, S. ; Makino, Tatsuya ; Kato, Haruhisa ; Ogura, M. ; Ohashi, H. ; Okushi, H. ; Yamasaki, Shintaro
Author_Institution :
ETRI in AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents experimental results of 10 kV switching by means of a vacuum switch with negative electron affinity of diamond PIN electron emitters at RT. A model for such vacuum switch with an electron emitter proves a principle of vacuum switches over 100 kV with an efficiency beyond 99.9%.
Keywords :
diamond; electron affinity; p-i-n diodes; power semiconductor diodes; vacuum switches; C; diamond PIN diode emitter; high voltage vacuum switch; negative electron affinity; voltage 10 kV; Anodes; Electron emission; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Power Equipment - Switching Technology (ICEPE-ST), 2013 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Matsue
DOI :
10.1109/ICEPE-ST.2013.6804321
