Current Practice in Space Charge and Polarization Profile Measurements Using Thermal Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 883-902

  Bauer, Siegfried ^a   Bauer Gogonea, Simona ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Charge distribution; Dielectric materials; Electric field distribution; LIMM; Polarization; Thermal pulse; Thermal step; Thermal wave

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POLARIZATION;

THERMAL PULSES; THERMAL WAVES;

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE;

EID: 0345328102     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1237336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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