High performance power module for hall effect thrusters

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Piñero, Luis R ^a   Peterson, Peter Y ^b   Bowers, Glen E ^c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c Akima Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MULTIMODE OPERATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUSTER SYSTEM;

POWER ELECTRONICS; PROPULSION;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84896858882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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