DocumentCode
949231
Title
Breakdown in the inhomogeneous electric field of a microwave transmit-receive switch
Author
Semenov, V. ; Anderson, D. ; Lisak, M.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Electromagn. Field Theory, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Volume
41
Issue
5
fYear
1993
fDate
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
879
Lastpage
881
Abstract
A detailed analytical investigation is made of the threshold for breakdown in microwave transmit-receive switches. The geometry of the keep alive contacts of the switch is modeled as a double cone configuration, and the subsequent diffusion equation for the electron density in the presence of strongly inhomogeneous ionization is solved analytically. Predictions for the breakdown power are found to be in agreement with previously presented experimental results
Keywords
electric breakdown of solids; electrical contacts; microwave devices; switches; breakdown power; breakdown threshold; diffusion equation; double cone configuration; electron density; inhomogeneous electric field; keep alive contacts; microwave transmit-receive switch; strongly inhomogeneous ionization; Contacts; Electric breakdown; Electrons; Equations; Frequency; Geometry; Ionization; Nonuniform electric fields; Solid modeling; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9480
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/22.234527
Filename
234527
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