INVESTIGATION OF THE STATISTICS OF BREAKDOWN USING NANOSECOND PULSE TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The experimental equipment, experimental procedures, and test results of a laboratory study of the statistics of discharge initiation in highly over- volted planar spark gaps is presented. The theory of operation of a subnanosecond rise-time multikilovolt pulse generator developed for the study is described. Test data on the electron emission of different electrode materials as a function of gap field strength and electrode conditioning is presented. In addition, a simplified model of the statistics of free-space breakdown in a transmitted microwave beam is developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0614286

Entities

People

  • C. J. Benning
  • D. F. Mcdonald
  • S. J. Brient

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cosmic Rays
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Free Electrons
  • Gamma Rays
  • Generators
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionization
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microwave Beams
  • Radiation
  • Spark Gaps
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster