Requirements for optimal performance and the consequences of using toroidal shaped electrodes in multichanneling switches

Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1385-1388

  LeChien, Keith R ^a   Gahl, John M ^a   Elizondo, Juan M ^b   Struve, Kenneth W ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC INDUCTANCE; MULTICHANNELING SWITCHES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; ELECTRODES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INDUCTANCE; SWITCHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 1442355300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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