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Last modified: 11:50 Friday 08-Oct-1999 |
Using Garfield (which is 2D, and necessarily ignores end effects), we can estimate the capacitance of individual wires (per unit length) to various other parts of a subsector generally at a constant potential (e.g., all ground wires, or all of the odd-numbered gating grid (GG) wires). Note that not all possible combinations have been calculated, and small discrepancies exist due to round-off error.
Inner sector capacitances:
Anode Wires (pF/m) |
Ground Wires (pF/m) |
Pad Plane (pF/m) |
All GG Wires (pF/m) |
Odd GG Wires (pF/m) |
Others of Same Type (pF/m) |
Total (pF/m) |
|
Anode wire | 0.38 | 4.38 | 5.05 | 0.16 | - | 9.59 | 9.96 |
Ground wire | 1.21 | - | 1.39 | 1.27 | - | 3.88 | - |
Even GG wire | 0.04 | 1.28 | 0.12 | - | 9.10 | 10.55 | - |
Outer sector capacitances:
Anode Wires (pF/m) |
Ground Wires (pF/m) |
Pad Plane (pF/m) |
All GG Wires (pF/m) |
Odd GG Wires (pF/m) |
Others of Same Type (pF/m) |
Total (pF/m) |
|
Anode wire | 1.44 | 3.54 | 3.87 | 0.13 | - | 7.54 | 8.98 |
Ground wire | 0.89 | - | 0.58 | 1.32 | - | 2.79 | - |
Even GG wire | 0.03 | 1.32 | 0.09 | - | 9.10 | 10.54 | - |