A calculation model for breakdown time delay and jitter of gas switches under hundred-nanosecond pulses and its application in a self-triggered pre-ionized switch

Tianchi WANG (王天驰); Haiyang WANG (王海洋); Wei CHEN (陈伟); Yingchao DU (杜应超); Linshen XIE (谢霖燊); Tao HUANG (黄涛); Zhiqiang CHEN (陈志强); Junna LI (李俊娜); Fan GUO (郭帆); Gang WU (吴刚)

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Plasma Science and Technology > 2021 > 23(11): 115507. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ac2358

Tianchi WANG (王天驰), Haiyang WANG (王海洋), Wei CHEN (陈伟), Yingchao DU (杜应超), Linshen XIE (谢霖燊), Tao HUANG (黄涛), Zhiqiang CHEN (陈志强), Junna LI (李俊娜), Fan GUO (郭帆), Gang WU (吴刚). A calculation model for breakdown time delay and jitter of gas switches under hundred-nanosecond pulses and its application in a self-triggered pre-ionized switch[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2021, 23(11): 115507. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ac2358

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A calculation model for breakdown time delay and jitter of gas switches under hundred-nanosecond pulses and its application in a self-triggered pre-ionized switch

¹ Key Laboratory of Particle & Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
² Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
³ State Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Xi’an 710024, People's Republic of China
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, People's Republic of China

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Received Date: May 16, 2021
Revised Date: August 31, 2021
Accepted Date: September 01, 2021

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In this paper, a calculation model for the breakdown time delay and jitter of gas switches under hundred-nanosecond pulses is proposed and applied in a self-triggered pre-ionized switch. The effects of injection time of pre-ionization, pulse rise time, and the pre-ionization jitter are discussed and verified through experiments. It indicates that the pre-ionization should be injected when the electric field is high enough in the gap, injection after 80% peak-time can ensure its effectiveness. Then the statistical time delay jitter will be determined by the pre-ionization jitter, which is an intrinsic restriction of the self-triggered switch. However, when the changing rate of the pulsed electric field exceeds a certain value, the breakdown time delay jitter can be partly offset in the formative stage because the formative time delay has an exponential relationship with the electric field. Therefore, lower time jitter can be obtained under pulses with a shorter pulse rise time. In general, the results of the calculation model agree with the experimental results, and the experimental parameters which lead to a low jitter can also be used as a reference.
- gas switch,
- nanosecond pulse,
- breakdown time delay,
- jitter,
- distribution model

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A calculation model for breakdown time delay and jitter of gas switches under hundred-nanosecond pulses and its application in a self-triggered pre-ionized switch