THE EFFECT OF GRAIN-BOUNDARIES ON THE ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE-BASED VARISTOR

被引:17
作者
BAI, SN [1 ]
TSENG, TY [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL CHIAO TUNG UNIV,INST ELECTR,HSINCHU,TAIWAN
关键词
ZNO VARISTOR; GRAIN BOUNDARY; AC RESPONSE;
D O I
10.1007/BF02665886
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The ac response of ZnO-based varistors was measured as a function of temperature and applied electric field. Conductivity-frequency measurements indicated that the grain boundaries of the ZnO varistors were amorphous. The device resistance was found to decrease as the temperature/applied field increased. This was attributed to deterioration of the insulating property of the grain boundaries due to generation of conduction carriers in the ZnO grains. As a large amount of these charge carriers passed through the grain boundaries, the ZnO varistors remarkably revealed a non-Debye characteristic that can be modeled by a capacitance to simulate the behavior of the grain boundaries
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页码:1073 / 1079
页数:7
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