DONG Keliang, SUN Yanzhou, LIU Xuguang. Experimental Study and Analysis of Gas Discharge with Micro-gap[J]. High voltageapparatus, 2019, 55(5): 29-34. DOI: 10.13296/j.1001-1609.hva.2019.05.005.
Experimental Study and Analysis of Gas Discharge with Micro-gap
In order to study the mechanism of micro-gap gas discharge characteristics
instrument with measuring electrode distance of 1~100 μm is used to gas discharge experiments under atmospheric pressure. The breakdown voltage and breakdown voltage curve at 1~100 μm electrode gaps are obtained. The reason why the breakdown voltage deviates from the Paschen curve at the distance of 1~5 μm is analyzed. Fowler-Nordheim theory is used to verify that the field emission dominates during discharge when the electrode distance is less than 5 μm. The electric field within the 1~5 μm gaps is analyzed to further illustrate that the field emission plays a leading role. Spark discharge occurs when the electrode distance at 10~15 μm
and it is considered that the discharge at this distance is micro-gap spark discharge initiated by electron avalanche. In addition
the breakdown voltage increases with the increase of electrode distance at 15~100 μm
and the breakdown voltage curve has the same trend as the Paschen curve.