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Re: PSpice modeling of spark gaps



> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> 
> The real problem I see with sbreak is that the gap is not a fixed
> resistance but one that varies with current. What do the decrements
> produced with the gap model stuck in a resonant circuit look like?


If Rbreak is sufficiently smaller (<0.1) than Zpri,
will its non-linear action noticably affect operation?

Has anyone added an op-amp and current shunt to Sbreak
to more closely model the quenching?
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-GL
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