Fundamental processes for electric breakdown, ie, electrode emission and bulk ionization,
as well as the resultant Paschen's law, are reviewed under various conditions. The effect of …

Collision-dominated plasmas (CDPs) possess unique features compared to traditional fluid
and collision-free plasmas that arise from frequent collisions among various species …

Micro-discharge is the process that gas breakdown occurs on a small spatial scale to
generate plasma. With the decrease of the discharge scale, the high electric field makes the …

This paper reports gas breakdown characteristics in microgaps with multiple concentric
protrusions on the cathode in the transition from the Townsend to the subnormal glow …

Paschen's curve in microgaps with a hemi-ellipsoidal protrusion on the electrode surface is
studied using a two-dimensional fluid model. The breakdown voltage is identified when the …

In similar discharges, the physical characteristics of the plasma in one gap are proportional
to those in the others. The similarities of the gas discharge enable scaling discharge …

Gas breakdown in atmospheric pressure microgaps with a cathode surface protrusion is
highly sensitive to the protrusion geometry. The breakdown voltage is identified when the …

The importance of microwave device reliability and performance for microscale devices
motivates a more fundamental understanding of breakdown mechanisms in this regime …

For microscale gaps, DC breakdown voltage is described theoretically and through
simulation by accounting for field emission generated electrons and the subsequent …

This study presents a comprehensive review of the automated classification in partial
discharge (PD) source identification and probabilistic interpretation of the classification …