4D  Insulation and Dielectric Breakdown / Switching (oral)

Tuesday, June 22  15:30-17:00  Hampton Rds VI-VII-VIII

15:30  4D-1 SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION FROM PULSED ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES

G. R. Laity, A. A. Neuber, G. Rogers, K. Frank, L. Hatfield, J. Dickens

Departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Texas Tech University - Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Lubbock,TX, United States

15:45  4D-2 SIMULATION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE DC BREAKDOWN FOR ANGLED DIELECTRIC INSULATOR INCLUDING SPACE-CHARGE EFFECTS

M. P. Aldan¹, J. P. Verboncoeur¹, R. L. Ives²

¹Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
²Calabazas Creek Research, Inc., San Mateo, CA, United States

16:00  4D-3 BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS OF ARGON IN PARTIAL VACUUM UNDER KHZ PULSED VOLTAGE WITH VARYING DUTY CYCLE FOR POINT-TO-POINT ELECTRODE GEOMETRY

M. Lipham, H. Zhao, H. Kirkici

Electrical and Computer department, Auburn University, auburn al, United States

16:15  4D-4 PHOTON INITIATED THYRISTOR SWITCHES

S. Altunc¹, C. E. Baum¹, K. F. McDonald², P. Kumar¹, E. Schamiloglu¹, C. G. Christodoulou¹

¹Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
²Sci-Eng Solutions, LLC, Columbia, MO, United States

16:30  4D-5 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HIGH POWER GAAS PCSS WITH BULK STRUCTURE

H. Liu, J. Yuan, J. Liu, H. Li, W. Xie

Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, Mianyang,Sichuan, China

16:45  4D-6 OVERVOLTED BREAKDOWN AND RECOVERY CHARACTERISTIC OF SPARK GAP SWITCH

X. J. Cai

Eleectrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China