High Voltage Subnanosecond Corona Inception

Abstract

Corona Discharges in Ultra-Wideband radiating systems can have adverse effects on performance such as reflection, phase dispersion, and significant power losses. A test-bed has been assembled to experimentally observe corona created by voltage pulses similar to Ultra- Wideband systems. The current work involves the voltage attenuation of an incident pulse after propagation through a self-initiated corona and relative measurements of visible light emission from the photoionization produced during streamer development. Several gas dielectrics, including ambient air, N2, H2, and SF6, were tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA639956

Entities

People

  • J. Dickens
  • J. Lehr
  • J. Mankowski
  • Jonathan Gaudet
  • M . Kristiansen
  • W. Prather

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attenuation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • High Voltage
  • Lepidoptera
  • Measurement
  • Peak Power
  • Photoelectric Emission
  • Physics
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Reflection
  • Repetition Rate
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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