ESD-Triggered Arcing Discharges between Wires in Vacuum

Author

Fujii, H. ; Kawabe, K.

Author_Institution

Nara Nat. Coll. of Technol.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

25-29 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

730

Lastpage

733

Abstract

The anomaly of Japanese satellite ADEOS-II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II) appeared in 2003 was supposed to be caused by arcing discharges initiated due to ESD (electrostatic discharge) in the bundled wire-harnesses of the solar paddle. In order to make the condition of the occurrence of the discharge clear, it is necessary to evaluate the arcing discharge characteristics in vacuum quantitatively. Therefore we tried to investigate the characteristics of arcing discharge between two conductors consisting of a pair of wires for space use. The discharges were triggered by ESD released from a capacitor. These characteristics were obtained as parameters of the amplitude of the ESD, the pressure in the chamber and so on. We preliminarily obtained the result that the acing discharge time increased with increase of the amplitude of the ESD

Keywords

conducting bodies; electrostatic discharge; vacuum arcs; AD 2003; Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II; ESD-triggered arcing discharges; Japanese satellite ADEOS-II; bundled wire-harnesses; electrostatic discharge; solar paddle; Cable insulation; Capacitors; Conductors; Electrodes; Electrostatic discharge; Needles; Satellites; Switches; Vacuum arcs; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2006. ISDEIV '06. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Matsue

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0191-7

Electronic_ISBN

1093-2941

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2006.357406

Filename

4194987