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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Horia-eugen Porteanu, Berlin, DE;
Roland Gesche, Seligenstadt, DE;
Silvio Kuehn, Wandlitz, DE;
Forschungsverbund Berlin E.V., Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A device for generating a plasma, comprises an alternating voltage source, a travelling wave resonator and coupling means that are designed to couple the alternating voltage generated by the alternating voltage source into the travelling wave resonator in such a manner that travelling electromagnetic waves are produced, wherein the travelling wave resonator is designed to increase the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in such a manner that a plasma is ignited in a gas. The invention further relates to a method for generating a plasma, comprising the steps of: generating an alternating voltage; generating travelling electromagnetic waves in a travelling wave resonator by coupling said alternating voltage into the travelling wave resonator; and increasing the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in the travelling wave resonator in order to ignite a plasma in a gas.