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.

Rf sputtering of insulator materials

Abstract: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPUTTERING ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WHEREIN POTENTIALS OF OPPOSITE POLARITIES ARE APPLIED TO A TARGET OF NONOCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WHICH POLARITIES ARE ALTERNATED AT (RF) RADIO FREQUENCIES. THE SPUTTERING DISCHARGE MAY ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY RF POTENTIALS.

Surface coating affecting charge distribution and flashover voltage of cone-type insulator under DC stress

Abstract: In order to scale down the dimensions of gas insulated line (GIL) insulators and to improve their reliability at ultra high voltage (UHV), considerable research has been conducted to raise the flashover voltage of the insulators. Usually, a non-uniform electric field distribution is an important factor triggering flashovers. Under AC and impulse voltages, the application of functionally graded materials (FGM) with spatial distribution of dielectric permittivity (e-FGM) has been shown to be an effective solution. But at DC, the electric field distribution depends not only on the conductivity of the dielectrics but also the charge distribution on the surface. Based on the cone-type insulator, this paper reports on the surface charge accumulation and DC flashover of epoxy (EP)/graphene (GR) coated insulators in air. The EP/GR coated insulators with different filler amounts were prepared to test their surface charge accumulation and flashover characteristics. The results show that the uniformly distributed homopolar surface charge is helpful in reducing the peak electric field thereby raising the flashover voltage. The 0.1% EP/GR composite has the slowest surface potential decay process. Accordingly, the 0.1% coated insulator has the highest flashover voltage among the other EP/GR coated insulators and uncoated insulator. The bipolar surface charge regions caused by wire-type metal particles distort the electric field distribution. Flashovers of the 0.1% coated insulator occurs at lower voltage than the uncoated insulator when a wire-type particle attaches to the surface.

Gas Convection Affecting Surface Charge and Electric Field Distribution around Tri-post Insulators in ±800 kV GIL

Abstract: A multi-physics simulation model of the tri-post insulator in ±800 kV GIL laid horizontally is established to study the effects of gas convection on surface charges and electric field distribution. Results show that gas density together with the dielectric strength around the upper post is reduced over 11% under gas convection generated by the load current. The larger temperature gradient (29 K) along the lower post accelerates more surface charge injection through insulator buck conduction and distorts the electric field around the bottom of the lower post, which is 19.4% higher than that around the bottom of the upper post. The insulation performance of SF 6 /N 2 filled GIL has the most striking spatial distribution characteristics compared with the insulation performance of SF 6 and C 4 F 7 N/CO 2 . Though the flashover voltage is improved with high gas pressure, the flashover is most likely triggered near the lower post of the insulator according to the stream theory. It is hoped that this study can contribute to a useful guide for the design and manufacture of DC-GIL.

Method of making thin film transistors

Abstract: A method of making thin film transistors such that the first conductive layer of a thin film transistor is formed with an aluminum system metal having a low electric resistance, and another metal capable of anodic oxidation is deposited to prevent the aluminum system metal from producing hillocks. The metal capable of anodic oxidation and part of the aluminum system metal are changed into an insulator by an anodic oxidation treatment. In all, the gate insulator of the thin film transistor comprises three layers of aluminum oxide, an oxide of the metal capable of anodic oxidation, and silicon nitride. The method makes it possible to form the lower-layer wiring and gate electrode having a low electric resistance and a flawless gate insulator having excellent insulative quality.

A new approach to anti-fog design for polymeric insulators

Abstract: Electric field strength and leakage current density in the shank region of a polluted polymeric insulator may cause local dry-banding, with a risk of long-term degradation from partial-arc discharges. In a novel approach to dry-band control, the characteristics of silicone rubber surfaces with a textured finish are investigated and, depending on the geometry chosen for the texture, two useful objectives can be achieved. First, the increase of surface area can both reduce the leakage current density in the vulnerable shank region, and also increase the longitudinal creepage distance. Secondly, the damage arising from surface discharges can be mitigated. The principles of the proposed anti-fog design are described in detail. While complete prototype insulators are now being specified for fabrication, this paper reports preliminary results from tests using rectangular samples, which show an improvement in performance. The tests are of two kinds: a) inclined-plane, to assess erosion and tracking on rectangular samples of insulation materials. Such samples have been prepared both with a conventional plane surface and with a textured surface for comparative tests; b) clean-fog tests that use an initially dry pollution layer of known salinity. Here, plane and textured samples have been used for comparative tests, where leakage current and discharge activity are monitored during the generation of the fog.