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Charge-dissipative electrical cables
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kolasinski, John R. Wollack, Edward J. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | Electrical cables that dissipate spurious static electric charges, in addition to performing their main functions of conducting signals, have been developed. These cables are intended for use in trapped-ion or ionizing-radiation environments, in which electric charges tend to accumulate within, and on the surfaces of, dielectric layers of cables. If the charging rate exceeds the dissipation rate, charges can accumulate in excessive amounts, giving rise to high-current discharges that can damage electronic circuitry and/or systems connected to it. The basic idea of design and operation of charge-dissipative electrical cables is to drain spurious charges to ground by use of lossy (slightly electrically conductive) dielectric layers, possibly in conjunction with drain wires and/or drain shields (see figure). In typical cases, the drain wires and/or drain shields could be electrically grounded via the connector assemblies at the ends of the cables, in any of the conventional techniques for grounding signal conductors and signal shields. In some cases, signal shields could double as drain shields. |
| File Size | 130254 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110016853 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t08w8ch7x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Ionizing Radiation Electric Charge Electrical Properties Trapped Particles Static Electricity Dissipation Dielectrics Electric Wire Electrostatic Charge Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
