Partial discharges and streamers in silicone gel used to encapsulate power electronic components

Annual Report - Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, CEIDP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-158

  Do, M T ^a,b   Lesaint, O ^a   Auge J L ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; GELS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICONES; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ANNUAL REPORTS; DIELECTRIC PHENOMENON; ELECTRICAL INSULATION; IMPULSE VOLTAGES;

COLLOIDS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

DISCHARGE MECHANISMS; HIGH-SPEED VISUALIZATION; IMPULSE VOLTAGE; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; POWER ELECTRONICS MODULES; SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES; SINGLE DISCHARGES;

EID: 51249100447     PISSN: 00849162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEIDP.2007.4451553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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