Compact atmospheric pressure plasma self-resonant drive circuits

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Law, V J ^a,b   Anghel, S D ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; DC VOLTAGE; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DRIVE CIRCUITS; ELECTRICAL MODELS; ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITIES; FERRITE CORES; FIXED SWITCHING FREQUENCY; FLYBACK TRANSFORMER; GAS TEMPERATURE; PARALLEL PLATES; PICK-UP COILS; PLASMA IMPEDANCE; PLASMA PARAMETER; PLASMA POWER; SELF RESONANT FREQUENCY; SWITCHING POWER; VOLTAGE TRANSFORMATION;

ARGON; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; FERRITE DEVICES; HELIUM; MAGNETIC CORES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLASMA SOURCES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS;

EID: 84857338167     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/7/075202     Document Type: Article

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