IP Library Granted Patent US 9,035,553
Granted Patent B2
US 9,035,553 · App. 13/673,513 · Granted May 19, 2015

Hybrid plasma reactor

Inventor: Dae-Kyu Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Dae-Kyu Choi
H01J37/32816H01J37/321
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Patent No.
US 9,035,553
App. No.
13/673,513
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid plasma reactor includes a reactor body having a plasma discharge space, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; a hybrid plasma source including an inductive antenna inductively coupled to plasma formed in the plasma discharge space and a primary winding coil transformer coupled to the plasma and wound in a magnetic core; and an alternating switching power supply for supplying plasma generation power to the inductive antenna and the primary winding coil. The hybrid plasma reactor induces a plasma discharge using the inductively coupled plasma source and the transformer coupled plasma source, so that it has a wide operational area from a low pressure area to a high pressure area.

Claims (19)

1. A hybrid plasma reactor comprising: a reactor body having a plasma discharge space, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; a hybrid plasma source including an inductive antenna inductively coupled to plasma formed in the plasma discharge space and a primary winding coil transformer coupled to the plasma and wounded in a magnetic core; wherein the reactor body comprises a dielectric window formed between the inductive antenna and the plasma discharge space and a discontinuous conductive tube ground connected to an area including the inductive antenna and an alternating switching power supply for supplying plasma generation power to the inductive antenna and the primary winding coil.

2. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reactor body comprises a dielectric window formed between the inductive antenna and the plasma discharge space.

3. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 2 , comprising a vacuum insulation member formed between the dielectric window and the reactor body.

4. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the plasma discharge space has a ring-shaped plasma discharge path defined by the reactor body and the dielectric window.

5. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plasma is initially ignited through inductively coupled discharge by the inductive antenna.

6. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the plasma discharge space is in a first pressure state, the plasma is maintained by plasma discharge inductively coupled by the inductive antenna, and

when the plasma discharge space is in a second pressure state higher than the first pressure state, the plasma is maintained by the plasma discharge inductively coupled by the inductive antenna and plasma discharge transformer coupled by the primary winding coil.

7. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the plasma discharge space is in a first pressure state, the plasma is maintained by plasma discharge inductively coupled by the inductive antenna, and

when the plasma discharge space is in a second pressure state higher than the first pressure state, the plasma is maintained by plasma discharge transformer coupled by the primary winding coil.

8. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductive antenna and the primary winding coil are series connected to the alternating switching power supply.

9. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductive antenna and the primary winding coil are parallel connected to the alternating switching power supply.

10. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reactor body is electrically ground connected.

11. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a switching circuit for selectively ground connecting the reactor body.

12. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hybrid plasma source comprises a secondary winding coil wound in the magnetic core and the inductive antenna includes two divided inductive antennas, and

one antenna of the two divided inductive antennas is connected to one end of the secondary winding coil and another antenna is connected to an opposite end of the secondary winding coil.

13. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 12 , comprising a switching circuit for selectively ground connecting the two divided inductive antennas.

14. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the discontinuous conductive tube is formed between the inductive antenna and the plasma discharge space or between the dielectric window and the plasma discharge space.

15. The hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a switching circuit for selectively ground connecting the discontinuous conductive tube.

16. The Hybrid plasma reactor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inductive antenna is wound at the gas inlet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2019
From: CHOI, DAI KYU
To: NEW POWER PLASMA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050635/0411 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2011-0116138 · Nov 9, 2011 · national
KR 10-2011-0117240 · Nov 10, 2011 · national
KR 10-2011-0143294 · Dec 27, 2011 · national
KR 10-2011-0143302 · Dec 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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