Coaxial shunt intended for transient current measurement in a pseudospark switch

IEE Proceedings: Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Moran, P ^a   Gibert, A ^a   Francois, G Jean ^b   Pignolet, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Thomson Shorts Systemes   (France)

Author keywords

Coaxial shunt; Pseudospark switch; Transient current measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRODES; PARTICLE BEAMS;

COAXIAL SHUNT; PSEUDOSPARK DISCHARGE; PSEUDOSPARK SWITCH; TRANSIENT CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 0030107730     PISSN: 13502344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-smt:19960025     Document Type: Article

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