High-current ceramic-metal sealed-off pseudospark switches (designs and applications)

Author

Boehkov, V.D. ; Korolev, Yu.D. ; Shemyakin, I.A.

Author_Institution

High Current Electron. Inst., Tomsk, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

21-26 Jul 1996

Firstpage

977

Abstract

The paper presents the results of development of high-voltage switching device that depends on a low pressure discharge with a cold cathode. The emergence of this switch was associated with the necessity to increase the commutation current in classical hydrogen thyratron with a hot cathode, and the design of the new switch can be considered in some respects as an advancement of thyratron design. On the other hand, the switch described is a further development of the devices that are based on low-pressure hollow-cathode discharge

Keywords

cathodes; ceramics; design engineering; electric breakdown; flashover; glow discharges; plasma devices; plasma switches; seals (stoppers); spark gaps; sparks; cold cathode; commutation current; high-voltage switching device; hollow-cathode discharge; low pressure discharge; sealed-off pseudospark switches; thyratron design; Anodes; Cathodes; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Electrons; Fault location; Hydrogen; Ionization; Switches; Thyratrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1996. Proceedings. ISDEIV., XVIIth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2906-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.1996.545510

Filename

545510