Development status of the BPT hall thruster power processor

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Meyer, Steve ^a   Kay, Bob ^a   Fisher, Jack ^a   Wilson, Fred ^a  

^a Primex Aerospace Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COST REDUCTION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; POWER CONVERTERS; PROPULSION; TESTING;

AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING; DEMONSTRATION TESTS; HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS; HIGH-DENSITY PACKAGING; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; POWER CONVERTER DESIGN; POWER PROCESSING UNITS;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 84963877359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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