Fig. 1. Diagram of gas switch

Fig. 2. Resistors for voltage balance on the outer surface of the ceramic tube

Fig. 3. Electrostatic field plot of the switch when the triggering process is about to start

Fig. 4. Circuit of the switch characteristics test platform

Fig. 5. Typical waveform of trigger voltage and discharge current

Fig. 6. Delay time of the switch during triggering test

Fig. 7. Average and standard deviation of self-breakdown voltage during the process of conditioning

Fig. 8. Self-breakdown voltage and standard deviation of 12 switches

Fig. 9. Triggering characteristics of the switches

Fig. 10. Delay time of the switches 4# and 8# during triggering test

Fig. 11. Arrangement of cascade trigger experiment

Fig. 12. Closing time sequences of 12 trigger brick gas switches