Nonuniformity of Electrical Characteristics in Microstructures of ZnO Surge Varistors

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-144

  He, Jinliang ^a   Zeng, Rong ^a   Chen, Qingheng ^a   Chen, Shuiming ^a   Guan, Zhicheng ^a   Han, Se Won ^b   Cho, Han Goo ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Barrier voltage; Electrical characteristics; Grain boundary; Nonlinearity coefficient; Nonuniformity; Normal distribution; ZnO surge varistor

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC SURGES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; ZINC OXIDE;

BARRIER VOLTAGE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NONLINEARITY COEFFICIENT; NONUNIFORMITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

VARISTORS;

EID: 0347337925     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2003.820214     Document Type: Article

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