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JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 309-313出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/84.870056
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electromagnetic induction; microelectromechanical devices; micromachining; microplasma; plasma generation
The design, fabrication, and characterization of a surface micromachined plasma generator is described for the first time in this paper. The plasma is sustained without electrodes by inductively coupling a 450-MHz current into a region of low-pressure gas. Both argon and air plasmas have been generated over a range of gas pressures from 0.1 to 10 torr (13.3-1333 Pa). Typically, the power used to sustain the plasma is 350 mW, although similar to 1.5 W is required to initiate the discharge. Network analysis of the plasma generator circuit shows that over 99% of the applied RF power can be absorbed by the device. Of this, similar to 50% is absorbed by the plasma and the remainder of the power is dissipated as ohmic heating. An argon ion current of up to 4.5 mA/cm(2) has been extracted from the plasma and the electron temperature is 52 000 K at 0.1 torr, This plasma source is intended for electronic excitation of gas samples so that the presence of impurities and toxins may be detected using optical emission spectroscopy.
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