Proposal of a Current Regulative Diode for Power Supply in Sustained Arc Test

Author

Toyoda, Kazuhiro ; Aso, Seiji ; Kyoku, Tokuro ; Kitamura, Tomoki ; Cho, Mengu

Author_Institution

Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyushu

Volume

34

Issue

5

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1967

Lastpage

1972

Abstract

A power supply for electrostatic discharge (ESD) test on solar arrays, which adopts a current regulative diode (CRD), was proposed. The CRD can cause the flow of a constant current in spite of the applied voltage and can also reduce the surge current due to a large internal capacitance in the power supplies. The performance of the CRD power supply was measured on short-circuit conditions and was also tested for ESD tests. The CRD circuit showed good performance and could cause the sustained arc as well as the secondary arc. It was confirmed that the CRD power supply was useful for ESD ground tests

Keywords

arcs (electric); constant current sources; diodes; electrostatic discharge; solar cell arrays; constant current; current regulative diode; electrostatic discharge test; large internal capacitance; power supply; secondary arc; short-circuit conditions; solar arrays; sustained arc test; Artificial satellites; Circuit testing; Diodes; Electrostatic discharge; Insulation; Power generation; Power supplies; Proposals; Solar power generation; Voltage; Current regulative diode (CRD); power supply; solar array; sustained arc;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2006.881933

Filename

1710071