use PDL; use PDL::Constants qw(PI E); # Breakdown voltage calculation using Paschen's Law # and the coefficients for air at fab pressure. sub paschenVB { # $p = pressure in kilo-Pascals, 1 atm = 101.325 kPa # $d = gap in meters my ($p, $d) = @_; my $Vb; # Vb is breakdown voltage in volts my $gamma_se = 2204.21513347591; my $A = 112.50; # kPa-cm my $B = 2727.50; # V/(kPa-cm) $A = $A/100.0; $B = $B*100.0; $Vb = ($B*$p*$d) / (log($A*$p*$d) - log(log(1 + 1 / $gamma_se))); return($Vb); } 1;