RELIABLE SPARK GAP FOR CAPACITOR BANK SWITCHING

Abstract

Holdoff reliability, switching time, and jitter are measured for a newly designed spark gap switch to be used in a 3 kilojoule capacitor bank. Time study photographs of the breakdown are used to explain the existence of two distinct modes of switch operation depending upon a critical value of the working voltage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0427754

Entities

People

  • W. D. Bunting Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Capacitors
  • Cells
  • Electrodes
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Kerr Cells
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Reliability
  • Spark Gaps
  • Switches
  • Switching
  • Time Intervals
  • Time Studies
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.