Patent ID: 8218283
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01P,H01Q

Abstract:
1. An arrangement having at least one high potential electrode with a high potential in terms of absolute value and being adapted to be intentionally provided with a high potential or unintentionally being exposed to a high electrostatic field or a high potential, comprising: at least one low potential electrode means or balancing potential electrode means, said low potential electrode means or balancing potential electrode means being provided at a distance from or in the vicinity of said at least one high potential electrode or surrounding, at least partly, said at least one high potential electrode, and at least one resistive arrangement substantially connecting each of said high potential electrode(s) with each respective adjacent low or balancing potential electrode means, said resistive arrangement(s) having a low conductivity and being non-isolating such that a substantially linear potential variation is provided between said high potential electrode(s) and said low or balancing potential electrode(s) to suppress peak-fields generated in the vicinity of any one of the high, low or balancing potential electrode(s); wherein the high potential electrode or electrodes is/are provided on a dielectric layer; and wherein the dielectric layer has a variable dielectric constant.