Sealed-off pseudospark switches for pulsed power applications (current status and prospects)

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 802-808

  Bochkov, V D ^a   Dyagilev, V M ^a   Ushich, V G ^a   Frants, O B ^b   Korolev, Yu D ^b   Shemyakin, I A ^b   Frank, Klaus ^c,d  

^a Pulsed Technologies Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c IEEE

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glow to arc transition; Hollow cathode pulsed discharge; Pseudospark switch; Trigger unit of the switch

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

GLOW TO ARC TRANSITION; HOLLOW CATHODE PULSED DISCHARGE; PULSED POWER APPLICATION; SEALED OFF PSEUDOSPARK SWITCHES;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0035485486     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.964478     Document Type: Article

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