Radiation and Thermally Hardened Switching Materials.

Abstract

It has been shown that at cryogenic temperature crystallographically oriented chips of single crystal Ti2O3 behave as transient suppressors with high switching speeds, low trigger-voltages and high current capacities. Switching times are of the order of a few nanoseconds. Further, it has been shown that crystallographically oriented chips of single crystal NbO2 behave similarly, but at room temperature or even higher. Here, however, switching is slightly slower and contact problems have yet to be elucidated. A new theory has been developed which explains the results and suggests a whole class of materials to draw from.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0909127

Entities

People

  • Paul M. Raccah

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Materials
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Radiation
  • Single Crystals
  • Switching

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.