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Plasma Antenna

POTARAJU SRILATHA
ROLLNO:12K81A04A7

ECE -4B

WHAT IS PLASMA?
Plasma is similar to gas in which certain portion of particles are
ionized.
Because of ionized particles/carriers ,plasma is conductive

Plasm
a

Quasi neutral particle systems


Charge carriers makes conductive
Responds strongly to electromagnetic fields.

Some places where plasmas are found

1. Flames

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2. Lightning
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The Sun is an example of a star in its


plasma state

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Fig.6

CLASSIFICATION OF PLASMA
PLASMA

LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA

COLD PLASMA
(at room temperature)

HIGH TEMPERATURE
PLASMA(at temperature of
10^8-10^9 K)

HOT PLASMA
(at temperature of 20020000k)

WHAT IS ANTENNA?

ANTENNA PRINCIPLE
When voltage is applied to an antenna,
electric
field is produced.

Electric and Magnetic Field produced by


the antenna

Plasma Antenna
Ionized gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr,
Xe, Hg vapor) enclosed.
Replaces metal of a standard
antenna.
RF source to generate plasma
Signal generator for
transmission.

Generation of Signals from Plasma Column.


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Types of Plasma Antennas


Laser Induced Antenna
Plasma Antennas Using Tube Structures
Explosively Formed Plasma Dielectric

Antennas

Laser Induced Antenna

The transmission was realized by


atmosphere breakdown that was created by
the focused laser emission.

The laser is used to designate the path.

Plasma Antennas Using Tube Structures

low base-band
transmission.

noise

for

HF

and

VHF

When the plasma creating voltage is turned

off, the antenna effectively disappears.

Plasma Tube Antenna

Plasma Dielectric Antenna


Plasma cartridge-used to generate a column of ionized gas
Plasma column-due to high temperatures .

Feasible.

Why Plasma Antenna?


Length of the plasma antenna
change by applied RF power.
Increases the bandwidth of antenna.

Minimizing signal degradation and


increases the efficiency of antenna.
Plasma elements can be energized
and de-energized in microseconds.

Traditional antenna vs plasma


antenna

TRADITIONAL ANTENNA
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Operates at lower frequency.
Have ringing effect.
Ohmic loss is high.

PLASMA ANTENNA
Fig.10
Operates at high frequency.
Have no ringing effect.
No Ohmic loss.
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key features

High directional gain: concentrates RF power to increase link budget,

dramatically enhancing network coverage and capacity.


Low side lobes reduce interference, enabling improved frequency reuse and substantially higher utilization.
Wide bandwidth supports simultaneous multi-band or UWB operation
from a single compact antenna.
High speed beam switching enables spatial time division multiplexing
to boost spectral efficiency and throughput.
Compact and lightweight form factor reduces site and mast costs,
simplifies installation and minimizes environmental impact.
Maintenance free - auto-aligning with no moving parts and requires
no calibration, minimizing total cost.

Study of fluorescent tube light as a Plasma


Antenna

Communication system using


plasma block diagram
PLASMA ANTENNA

LNA

AUDIO
FILTER

AUDIO
AMPLIFIER

LOUD SPEAKER

DUPLEXER

RF AMP.

AUDIO
FILTER

AUDIO
AMPLIFIER

MIC

Block Diagram
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Block diagram of simple monopole plasma

antenna

Plasma antenna block diagram

Military application

Shipboard/submarine

antenna replacements.
Unmanned air vehicle
sensor antennas.
Land- based vehicle
antennas.
Stealth aircraft antenna
replacement.

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Commercial application
Telemetry &broad-

band
communications.
Ground penetrating
radar.
Navigation.
Weather radar and
wind shear detection.
Collision avoidance.
High speed data
communication.
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Pros & Cons


The

length of an ionized filament can be


change rapidly
The antenna can be turned off to make it
electrically invisible.
High gain.
Wide band width.
Compact and light weight.
Maintenance free.
It can operate up to 20GHZ.
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Scope
The

future of high-frequency, high-speed


wireless
communications could very well be plasma
antennas

Plasma

antenna to
generation Wi-Gig.

be

used

for

next

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conclusion
Practically invisible to radar and can release

short pulses of signals.


Therefore, the military US is currently racing
to implement the plasma antenna into their
exciting systems.

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References

G A Askaryan 1965 Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 35 1275


W L Kang, M Rader, and I Alexe_ 1996 Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE

International Conference on Plasma Science (Boston, 3{5 June 1996) p 261


G. G. Borg, J. H. Harris, N. M. Martin,D. Thorncraft, R. Milliken, D. G. Miljak,
B. Kwan, T. Ng, and J. Kircher, Plasmas as antennas: Theory, experiment
and applications, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, VOLUME 7, NUMBER 5, MAY
2000.
John Phillip Rayner, Adrian Philip Whichello, and Andrew Desmond
Cheetham, Physical Characteristics of Plasma Antennas, IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, VOL. 32, NO. 1, FEBRUARY 2004.
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Antenna with FDTD Method, CHIN.PHYS.LETT. Vol. 25, No. 10 (2008) 3712.
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ZHENG, Lihui CAO, Zhigang ZHANG, Study on the Gain of Plasma Antenna
Longgen IEEE 978-1-4244-2193-0/08, 2008

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