An experimental study on passive charge balancing

Advances in Radio Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 197-200

  Sooksood, K ^a   Stieglitz, T ^b   Ortmanns, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MICROELECTRODES;

BLOCKING CAPACITOR; CHARGE BALANCING; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; LIMITED SPACE; MINIATURISATION; PASSIVE DISCHARGES; SIMPLIFIED ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 72449168865     PISSN: 16849965     EISSN: 16849973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/ars-7-197-2009     Document Type: Article

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