TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling the Characteristics of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Antenna for Use in a Micro-Propulsion System
AU - Shawver, Sonya
AU - Browning, Jim
PY - 2012/8/5
Y1 - 2012/8/5
N2 - An ion thruster for small satellites is under development. The thruster uses an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) generated by a flat spiral antenna for the ion source. The antenna is fabricated using the Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) materials system. The antenna has been modeled using COMSOL Multiphysics ® simulation software. The antenna operating frequency range (600 MHz to 1 GHz) in LTCC (ε r =7.8) results in a wavelength on the same order of magnitude as the total length of conductor in the antenna. An analysis of the antenna's behavior is presented.
AB - An ion thruster for small satellites is under development. The thruster uses an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) generated by a flat spiral antenna for the ion source. The antenna is fabricated using the Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) materials system. The antenna has been modeled using COMSOL Multiphysics ® simulation software. The antenna operating frequency range (600 MHz to 1 GHz) in LTCC (ε r =7.8) results in a wavelength on the same order of magnitude as the total length of conductor in the antenna. An analysis of the antenna's behavior is presented.
KW - antenna measurements
KW - antennas
KW - electric fields
KW - magnetic field measurement
KW - plasmas
KW - radio frequency
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/electrical_facpubs/208
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2012.6292201
U2 - 10.1109/MWSCAS.2012.6292201
DO - 10.1109/MWSCAS.2012.6292201
M3 - Article
JO - IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
JF - IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ER -