An upper limit for high power switching with a polymer current limiter device

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 490-496

  Duggal, Anil R ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Contact resistance; Current limiter; Electrical arc; Polymer composite; Positive temperature coefficient of resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HEAT RESISTANCE; POLYMERS; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; POLYMER CURRENT LIMITERS;

LIMITERS;

EID: 0034276226     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.868848     Document Type: Article

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