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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Electrical equivalent circuit for microstrip micro-plasma: control of EM propagation and numerical simulations
Almustafa Mohamad1, Vuong Tân-Hoa1, David Jacques1
1Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, LAPLACE, 2 rue Charles Camichel, BP 7122, Toulouse cedex 7, France.
Abstract:
An approach to determine an equivalent electrical circuit of a micro planar discharge on a microstrip printed circuit is reported. The micro discharge is used to realize a dynamic microwave switching circuit. This approach is based on the measurement of the discharge current and the transmission coefficient for a given frequency 2.45 GHz. Numerical methods like FEM can be used to study the effect of plasma parameters on the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a microstrip printed circuit. Plasma behaves as flexible elements that can change its electrical proprieties such as conductivity.
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