A circuit approach to model composite structures affected by electrostatic discharge

Author

Buccella, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., l´´Aquila Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

393

Abstract

This paper presents a circuit network analogue for the solution of the Maxwell´s equations in composite structures affected by electrostatic discharge events. The proposed equivalent circuit cell consists of conductances, inductances and capacitances. A SPICE simulator is used to solve the resulting network in terms of voltages, currents and their corresponding field variables. The validity of the proposed approach is demonstrated by comparing the results obtained by means of the circuit solution and those computed by a dedicated finite difference code

Keywords

Maxwell equations; SPICE; circuit analysis computing; composite materials; electrostatic discharge; equivalent circuits; Maxwell´s equations solution; SPICE simulator; circuit approach; circuit network analogue; composite structures modelling; currents; electrostatic discharge; equivalent circuit cell; field variables; voltages; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Conductivity; Electronics industry; Electrostatic discharge; Finite difference methods; Maxwell equations; Plastics; SPICE; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5589-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1999.799986

Filename

799986