Carbon-Nanotube-Triggered Pseudospark Switch
العنوان: | Carbon-Nanotube-Triggered Pseudospark Switch |
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المؤلفون: | Haitao Zhao, Hulya Kirkici |
المصدر: | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 40:2225-2231 |
بيانات النشر: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012. |
سنة النشر: | 2012 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, business.industry, Electrical engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, Electric discharge in gases, law, Rise time, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Optoelectronics, Pseudospark switch, Cold cathode, Charge carrier, business, Electron gun, Voltage, Common emitter |
الوصف: | Pseudospark switches are fast-closing low-pressure gas discharge switches with a hollow-cathode geometry. They can be triggered optically or by electron injection, where electrons emitted from a cold cathode emitter are accelerated in the electric field and initiate breakdown. The efficiency of charge carrier accumulation in the hollow-cathode structure determines the performance of the switch operation. The advantages of such switches include high hold-off voltage, high conduction current, fast current rise time, low delay and jitter time, and long lifetime. In this paper, the operating characteristics of a pseudospark switch, triggered by a carbon-nanotube (CNT)-coated electron emitter, are presented. The electron emitter is fabricated by coating randomly oriented CNTs on silicon substrate using chemical vapor deposition method. Field emission characteristics of CNTs are determined and then used as part of the trigger electrode which is integrated into an in-house constructed pseudospark switch. The operating characteristics of the switch are tested under different background pressures and different trigger voltages. Delay and jitter time under different working conditions are analyzed. Hold-off voltage and current rise time are also presented. |
تدمد: | 1939-9375 0093-3813 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9772caaf38910859999a97d1f3f93351 https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2012.2208271 |
حقوق: | CLOSED |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........9772caaf38910859999a97d1f3f93351 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 19399375 00933813 |
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