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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
George N. Szatkowski, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Kenneth L. Dudley, Newport News, VA (US);
Larry A. Ticatch, Yorktown, VA (US);
Laura J. Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sandra V. Koppen, Suffolk, VA (US);
Truong X. Nguyen, Hampton, VA (US);
Jay J. Ely, Yorktown, VA (US);
Abstract
A plasma generator includes a pair of identical spiraled electrical conductors separated by dielectric material. Both spiraled conductors have inductance and capacitance wherein, in the presence of a time-varying electromagnetic field, the spiraled conductors resonate to generate a harmonic electromagnetic field response. The spiraled conductors lie in parallel planes and partially overlap one another in a direction perpendicular to the parallel planes. The geometric centers of the spiraled conductors define endpoints of a line that is non-perpendicular with respect to the parallel planes. A voltage source coupled across the spiraled conductors applies a voltage sufficient to generate a plasma in at least a portion of the dielectric material.