Insulator (electricity)

About: Insulator (electricity) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 15941 publications have been published within this topic receiving 108950 citations. The topic is also known as: electrical insulator.

Properties of Thin Polyimide Films

Abstract: Polyimide is receiving increasing interest as a possible insulator on semiconductor devices, replacing . Several commercially available polyimides have been characterized by testing films of them for electric breakdown strength, conductivity, adhesion, and other properties. The results of these tests are summarized, and the polyimides are compared to sputtered .

Flashover mechanism of silicone rubber insulators used for outdoor insulation-II

Abstract: Experimental results show that the contamination performance of silicone rubber composite insulators is better than porcelain insulators. This is attributed to the hydrophobicity of the silicone rubber. This suggests that the flashover mechanism of these insulators is different. This paper experimentally investigates contamination build-up, diffusion of low molecular weight (LMW) polymer chains, surface wetting, electrical field caused interaction between droplets, generation of conductive regions and filaments, field intensification caused spot discharge and the ultimate flashover of silicone rubber along wetted filaments. The studies resulted in a new flashover mechanism, which provides a better understanding of the superior performance of silicone rubber outdoor insulators. The results will be useful for the development of improved laboratory test procedures and to evaluate composite insulators' performance in contaminated conditions. The part of the paper describes an overview of the flashover mechanism and the diffusion of LMW polymer chains and wetting of the silicone rubber surface in detail. >

Method for forming an insulator between layers of conductive material

Abstract: A method for forming an insulator between conductive layers, such as highly doped polycrystalline silicon, that involves first forming a conductive layer of, for example, polycrystalline silicon on a silicon body having substantially horizontal and substantially vertical surfaces. A conformal insulator layer is formed on the substantially horizontal and substantially horizontal and vertical surfaces. Reactive ion etching removes the insulator from the horizontal layer and provides a narrow dimensioned insulator on the vertical surfaces silicon body. Another conductive layer, which may be polycrystalline silicon, is formed over the insulator. The vertical layer dimension is adjusted depending upon the original thickness of the conformal insulator layer applied.

Magnon mediated electric current drag across a ferromagnetic insulator layer.

Abstract: In a semiconductor heterostructure, the Coulomb interaction is responsible for the electric current drag between two 2D electron gases across an electron impenetrable insulator. For two metallic layers separated by a ferromagnetic insulator (FI) layer, the electric current drag can be mediated by a nonequilibrium magnon current of the FI. We determine the drag current by using the semiclassical Boltzmann approach with proper boundary conditions of electrons and magnons at the metal-FI interface.