摘要:
The present invention relates to a plasma treatment apparatus for treating an object to be treated by activating a plasma production gas by an electric discharge, and by blowing this activated plasma production gas onto the object to be treated. A covered electrode is formed by embedding a conductive layer in an insulating substrate made of a ceramic sintered body. The covered electrodes are arranged opposed to each other to form an electric discharge space in a space between the covered electrodes. A power supply is included for causing an electric discharge in the electric discharge space by applying a voltage to the conductive layers. Since no ceramic material is sprayed, it is possible to reduce the costs of the material for the covered electrodes, and to simplify the process for manufacturing the covered electrodes. The ceramic sintered body has a smaller percentage of voids and is thus denser than a coating film formed by spraying a ceramic material, which is less likely to cause dielectric breakdown during an electric discharge.
摘要:
A plasma treatment apparatus and a plasma treatment method having the capability of uniformly treating an object with plasma at a high treatment speed. This apparatus includes a tubular vessel having a laterally elongated cross section, a pair of electrodes arranged such that electric flux lines develop substantially in an axial direction of the tubular vessel when one of an AC voltage and a pulse voltage is applied between the electrodes, a gas supply for supplying a streamer generation gas into the tubular vessel, a power source for applying the voltage between the electrodes to generate plural streamers of the gas in the tubular vessel, and a plasma uniformity mechanism for making the plural streamers uniform in a lateral direction of the laterally elongated cross section of the tubular vessel to provide the plasma from one end of the tubular vessel.
摘要:
A plasma treatment apparatus can generate atmospheric pressure plasma with reliability by help of an ignition electrode to facilitate starting the apparatus without using an expensive impedance matching device. The apparatus comprises a plasma-generation chamber having an aperture from which the plasma blows out, a gas supply unit for supplying a gas for plasma generation into the chamber, a pair of electrodes, a power source for applying an AC electric field between the electrodes to maintain the plasma in the chamber, a pulse generator for providing a pulse voltage, and the ignition electrode for applying the pulse voltage to the gas supplied in the chamber to generate the plasma.