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Investigation on Optimum Plasma Production Condition of a Magnetic Neutral Loop Discharge System  

Sung, Youl-Moon (경성대학교 전기전자공학과)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.58, no.11, 2009 , pp. 2236-2241 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the electron behavior was investigated numerically in order to obtain guidelines for design and operation of a new plasma source by a magnetic neutral loop discharge (NLD). The optimum plasma production was investigated by using a 3-dimensional simulation model which enables the electron behavior calculation from source region to downstream region. The results showed that the high-density plasma produced around the magnetic neutral loop (NL) is transferred from the NL region to the downstream region along magnetic force lines. Also the avaraged electron energy is increased with the normalized RF electric field (F), which can be used to characterize the plasma production efficiency of NLD system. Considering the relation between F and plasma production, in-depth plasma control can be achieved at a given specific process condition.
Keywords
Magnetic Neutral Loop Discharge; Plasma production; Electron behavior; Electron energy;
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