Impedance matching circuit between radio frequency (RF) generator and the plasma load, placed between them, determines the RF power transfer from RF generator to the plasma load. The impedance of plasma load depends on the plasma parameters through skin depth and plasma conductivity or resistivity. Therefore, for long pulse operation of inductively coupled plasmas, particularly for high power (∼100 kW or more) where plasma load condition may vary due to different reasons (e.g., pressure, power, and thermal), online tuning of impedance matching circuit is necessary through feedback. In fusion grade ion source operation, such online methodology through feedback is not present but offline remote tuning by adjusting the matching circuit capacitors and tuning the driving frequency of the RF generator between the ion source operation pulses is envisaged. The present model is an approach for remote impedance tuning methodology for long pulse operation and corresponding online impedance matching algorithm based on RF coil antenna current measurement or coil antenna calorimetric measurement may be useful in this regard.
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January 2014
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January 31 2014
Online tuning of impedance matching circuit for long pulse inductively coupled plasma source operation—An alternate approach
Dass Sudhir;
Dass Sudhir
1ITER-India,
Institute for Plasma Research
, A-29, GIDC, Sector-25, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 025, India
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M. Bandyopadhyay;
M. Bandyopadhyay
a)
1ITER-India,
Institute for Plasma Research
, A-29, GIDC, Sector-25, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 025, India
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W. Kraus;
W. Kraus
2
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85740 Garching, Germany
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A. Gahlaut;
A. Gahlaut
3
Institute for Plasma Research
, Bhat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 428, India
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G. Bansal;
G. Bansal
3
Institute for Plasma Research
, Bhat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 428, India
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A. Chakraborty
A. Chakraborty
1ITER-India,
Institute for Plasma Research
, A-29, GIDC, Sector-25, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 025, India
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Dass Sudhir
1
M. Bandyopadhyay
1,a)
W. Kraus
2
A. Gahlaut
3
G. Bansal
3
A. Chakraborty
1
1ITER-India,
Institute for Plasma Research
, A-29, GIDC, Sector-25, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 025, India
2
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
, Boltzmannstrasse 2, 85740 Garching, Germany
3
Institute for Plasma Research
, Bhat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 428, India
a)
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: [email protected]
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 013510 (2014)
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July 16 2013
Accepted:
January 12 2014
Citation
Dass Sudhir, M. Bandyopadhyay, W. Kraus, A. Gahlaut, G. Bansal, A. Chakraborty; Online tuning of impedance matching circuit for long pulse inductively coupled plasma source operation—An alternate approach. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 January 2014; 85 (1): 013510. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863098
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