High voltage subnanosecond dielectric breakdown

Author

Mankowski, J. ; Hatfield, L. ; Kristiansen, M. ; Agee, F.J. ; Lehr, Jane M. ; Wells, Jason

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

19-22 May 1997

Firstpage

317

Lastpage

318

Abstract

Summary form only given. Present day ultra wideband radiation sources produce megavolt pulses at 100´s of picosecond pulsewidths. Empirical data on the breakdown characteristics for dielectric media at these short time lengths and high voltages are either extremely limited or non-existent. In support of the design of these ultra wideband sources, we are investigating the breakdown characteristics, at these voltages and time lengths, of several liquids and gases. These include air, N/sub 2/, H/sub 2/, He, SF/sub 6/, transformer oil, and freon-12.

Keywords

electric breakdown; H/sub 2/; He; N/sub 2/; SF/sub 6/; air; breakdown characteristics; dielectric media; empirical data; freon-12; gases; high voltage subnanosecond dielectric breakdown; liquids; megavolt pulses; picosecond pulsewidths; short time lengths; transformer oil; ultra wideband radiation sources; ultra wideband sources; Breakdown voltage; Circuit testing; Coaxial components; Dielectric breakdown; Gases; Hydrogen; Laboratories; Liquids; Plasma temperature; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3990-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605163

Filename

605163