Prebreakdown current inside anode-grid gap of a thyratron

Author

Arefjev Alexander, S. ; Vereschagin, N.M.

Author_Institution

Radioeng. Acad., Ryazan

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

17-21 Aug 1998

Firstpage

36

Abstract

Despite of the fact, that the thyratron was invented more than 50 years ago, it remains as the main switch in high-voltage impulse generators. The process of the discharge formation inside the anode grid gap of a thyratron happens in conditions when the mean free path of electrons is more than the interelectrode anode-grid distance (left-hand side of the Pashen curve). This type of the discharge has been assigned as a high-voltage one, which is the least investigated. In this-connection the objective of the paper is learning processes happening in the anode-grid gap of a thyratron at the prebreakdown period. It is also necessary to work out the method of a measurement of the prebreakdown current

Keywords

anodes; discharges (electric); electric current measurement; electron mean free path; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; thyratrons; anode-grid gap; discharge formation; electron mean free path; high-voltage discharge; high-voltage impulse generators; interelectrode anode-grid distance; prebreakdown current; prebreakdown current measurement; thyratron; Anodes; Cameras; Cathodes; Circuits; Current measurement; Electrons; Resistors; Switches; Thyratrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1998. Proceedings ISDEIV. XVIIIth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Eindhoven

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3953-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.1998.740567

Filename

740567