Partial Discharge Characteristics in Barium Titanate Multi-Layered Structures: Effect of Material and Structural Parameters

The partial discharge characteristics of barium titanate multi-layer ceramic capacitors were investigated under 60 Hz voltage excitation. For capacitor specimens which were specifically fabricated for this study, the partial discharge characteristics were found to depend strongly on such para, meters as dielectric film thickness, relative permittivity, porosity and void size distribution.