PSpice simulation of normalized and unnormalized varistor tests

Author

Kubik, Zdenek ; Skala, Jiri

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic

fYear

2011

fDate

7-8 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper deals with PSpice simulations of normalized and unnormalized varistor tests. At first are describe basic characteristic parameters of varistor. The next section of paper introduces to standard EN 61000-4-5:2006 Testing and measurement techniques - surge immunity test, which is applicable to device for surge protection against high voltage transient and surges. Combination waveform 1.2/50μs + 8/20μs was used for normalized test simulation. The unnormalized test presents high voltage multistage generator (Marx generator), with the output open circuit voltage waveform according to EN 61000-4-5. Simulation results were verified by measurement in standardized laboratory.

Keywords

SPICE; immunity testing; semiconductor device testing; surge protection; varistors; Marx generator; PSpice simulation; combination wave generator; high voltage multistage generator; high voltage transient protection; normalized varistor tests; output open circuit voltage waveform; standard EN 61000-4-5:2006 testing techniques; surge immunity test; surge protection; unnormalized varistor tests; Clamps; Couplings; Generators; Integrated circuit modeling; Surges; Varistors; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electronics (AE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pilsen

ISSN

1803-7232

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0315-7

Electronic_ISBN

1803-7232

Type

conf

Filename

6049079