TY - JOUR
T1 - Single-shot, repetitive, and lifetime high-voltage testing of capacitors
AU - Shkuratov, Sergey I.
AU - Talantsev, Evgueni F.
AU - Hatfield, Lynn L.
AU - Dickens, James C.
AU - Kristiansen, Magne
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received September 29, 2001; revised August 28, 2002. This work was supported by the New World Vistas Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The authors are with the Center for Pulsed Power and Power Electronics, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3102 USA. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPS.2002.806628
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - Four different types of capacitors have been tested to determine the maximum usable high voltage. Ceramic, drop-dipped film, molded-mylar tubulars, and polyester/foil capacitors of different values and different nominal voltages were tested in four modes: the single-shot mode, the repetitive mode, the lifetime dc voltage mode, and the group mode. Experiments have shown that the breakdown voltage for all types of the capacitors tested is ten to seventeen times higher than the nominal voltage. The energy stored in the capacitors for a short time under overstress conditions is from 100 to 250 times higher their normal energy. Data are given for the limitations for single capacitors, and for two, three, and four capacitors connected in parallel.
AB - Four different types of capacitors have been tested to determine the maximum usable high voltage. Ceramic, drop-dipped film, molded-mylar tubulars, and polyester/foil capacitors of different values and different nominal voltages were tested in four modes: the single-shot mode, the repetitive mode, the lifetime dc voltage mode, and the group mode. Experiments have shown that the breakdown voltage for all types of the capacitors tested is ten to seventeen times higher than the nominal voltage. The energy stored in the capacitors for a short time under overstress conditions is from 100 to 250 times higher their normal energy. Data are given for the limitations for single capacitors, and for two, three, and four capacitors connected in parallel.
KW - Ceramic capacitors
KW - High-voltage techniques
KW - Thin-film capacitors
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U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2002.806628
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2002.806628
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036826727
SN - 0093-3813
VL - 30
SP - 1943
EP - 1949
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
IS - 5 I
ER -