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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
International Technology Center, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian D. Schultz, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William M. Hooke, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael J. Kelly, Raleigh, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A plasma generating system. A pair of electrodes are spaced apart by an electrode gap. A source of a gas adapted to place the gas in the electrode gap. A power generating circuit is coupled to the electrodes to generate an electric field across the electrodes so as to initiate a plasma discharge within the electrode gap. The power generating circuit has adequate capacity to maintain a sufficient electric field across the gap during the plasma discharge to allow a plasma impedance to self-tune to the plasma generating system. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.