Overview, testing and solutions to ESD-induced, solar-array string, on-orbit failures

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-321

  Meulenberg, A ^a  

^a HiPi Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 0033718139     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-159X(200005/06)8:3<315::AID-PIP320>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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