title: Simple and compact capacitive voltage probe for measuring voltage impulses up to 0.5 MV.
abstract: The paper describes a simple and compact 0.5 MV high-voltage capacitive probe developed in common by Université de Pau (France) and Loughborough University (UK). Design details are provided, together with a simple and straightforward methodology developed to assess the characteristics of high-voltage probes. The technique uses a 4 kV pulsed arrangement combined with results from a 2D electric field solver and a thorough PSpice circuit analysis. Finally, a practical example of high-voltage measurement performed using such a probe during the development phase of a high power microwave generator is provided.
authors.affiliation: SIAME, Equipe Génie Electrique, IPRA, Université de Pau, Hélioparc Pau-Pyrénées, 2 av Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pecquois
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pecastaing
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Ferron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivaletto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pignolet
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Novac
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Adler