FIELD: high-voltage engineering; electrical insulation in vacuum; electronic engineering.
SUBSTANCE: proposed vacuum breakdown initiating method depends on pre-treatment of cathode by high-voltage pulses whose length equals breakdown initiation delay time. Breakdown voltage is measured before and after pulse treatment of cathode.
EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of estimating vacuum breakdown initiation mechanism.
1 cl, 1 dwg
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Dates
2005-04-10—Published
2003-11-17—Filed