The problem of finding accurate scaling rules for solar arrays is addressed. Sections of a solar panel of four different sizes were charged in a 20-keV monoenergetic electron beam. The measured amplitudes of discharge transients coupled into power lines scaled linearly with the length of the rows of parallel-connected solar cells in the solar cell circuits. The authors describe the experimental determination of solar-array discharge scaling with area, with coverglass thickness, with solar-cell size, and with the number of cells, either in series or in parallel, in a circuit on a solar array
Amplitude scaling of solar array discharges
Amplitudenbestimmung bei der Entladung von Sonnenbatterien
1990 IEEE Annual Conference on Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects (NSREC), 16-20 July 1990, Reno, NV, USA ; 2112-2119
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ; 37 , 6, PT.1
1990
8 Seiten, 14 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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