2010/ 9/ 22 11th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference New Mexico, , USA

Temperature Dependence on Electrostatic Discharge in a Simulated Space Plasma Environment

T, Okumura. J, Harada. Y, Hagiwara. K, Nitta. M, Takahashi Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency T, Toshimitsu. K, Toyoda y Institute of Technology gy Kyushu

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Background
Time
e e e e

Vcg Potent tial

Vsat

Depends on temperature??
Discharge g number estimation Proper experiment condition for ESD test

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Collaboration research

Temperature dependence on primary discharge Threshold voltage Discharge frequency JAXA LEO GEO LEO KIT

LEO

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Threshold of differential voltage

Experiment technique and result

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Experiment system (JAXA)

Electron beam gun
IR camera

Surface potential meter

PC

PC

PC

Temperature monitor Shroud Heat panel

Vb Cext
V

Discharge position
OSC
Analog signal

Discharge circuit

Oscilloscope

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Solar array coupon

35mm 7 75mm

MJ cell CG =100m

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Experiment system (JAXA)

Shroud

TREK

XY stage Solar array coupon

H t panel Heat l

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Experiment condition

Pressure: 5x10-5Pa Current density: 4mA/m2 A l i voltage: Acceleration l 9kV 9k Bias voltage: 6kV

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Discharge circuit

C1

C2 280pF CB

C3

C5 C4

Rb
V

Vp

Vb

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Test sequence

Surface potential distribution

Beam irradiation

Discharge?
Yes

No No Elapsed time x sec Yes

Surface potential distribution

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Discharge position and current waveform

20C

-110C

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Discharge position and surface potential

20C

-110C

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Surface potential profile

Threshold voltage

Charging speed Low temperature Room temperature

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Threshold volatage
Room temperature 1.3kV 0.5 Low temperature 1.4kV 0.1

Threshold voltage Standard deviation

Threshold voltage does not depend on the temperature

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Discharge frequency
Experiment technique and result

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Experiment system (KIT)

QMASS ECR plasma source
IR camera

PC

PC

Shroud Sheet heater

Vb Cext
V

Discharge position
Analog signal

OSC

Discharge circuit Oscilloscope

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Experiment system (KIT)

QMAS

Shroud

Solar array coupon

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Solar array coupon

35mm 75mm

MJ cell CG =100 100m

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Test sequence
Expose p to air for 3hours

Experiment: Room temperature for 60min Increase the temperature by seat heater Experiment: High temperature for 60min Increase bias voltage

Decease the temperature by LN2 Experiment: Low temperature for 60min

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Experiment condition

Vbias[ V]

Experiment time[min]

Ne[1/m3]

Te[eV]

Pressure [Pa] 2.910-2 2.710-2 3.610-2

-200

60

61012 71012 71012

0.7

-300

60

0.7

-400

60

0.7

Coupon temperature[] Hig room low h 64 30 -34 ~ ~ ~ 66 31 -29 64 30 -42 ~ ~ ~ 65 30 -34 63 20 -46 ~ ~ ~ 65 39 -33

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Temperature dependence on discharge number

Bias -200 -300 -400

Room(30) High(60) Low(-30) 0 1 6 3 9 28 15 11 60

Discharge frequency Low temperature p Room temperature p Same result as JAXA

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Summary

Threshold differential voltage g does not depend p on temperature p in GEO environment Arc frequency increases with decreasing temperature in JAXA and d KIT Discharge number estimation
We need to concern the temperature to estimate the charging speed of insulation material

Proper experiment i condition di i for f ESD S test

In terms of GEO environment test to investigate the threshold voltage, we do not need to care about the temperature

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Future work

ESD test under GEO environment in KIT Absorbed material effect on discharge frequency