The arcing that has been found to occur when negatively biased high-voltage solar arrays in LEO lie at a critical voltage with respect to the plasma environment is presently proposed to be due to a breakdown of gas emitted under electron bombardment from the solar cells' cover-glass. The elements of the model for this phenomenon include an electron current flow from the interconnect to a neighboring cover-glass, which desorbs neutral molecules under the electron bombardment. The neutral molecules form a gas over the interconnect, and this gas breaks down when the voltage over the interconnect is sufficiently high. Specific scaling predictions are made on the basis of the geometric structure and gas in question.


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    Titel :

    Threshold voltage for arcing on negatively biased solar arrays


    Beteiligte:
    Hastings, Daniel E. (Autor:in) / Weyl, Guy (Autor:in) / Kaufman, Donald (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.1990



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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