2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION
PLASMA
CLASSIFICATION OF PLASMA
PLASMA FREQUENCY
PLASMA ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY
WORKING PRINCIPLE OF PLASMA
ANTENNA
PsiAN
APPLICATIONS
ADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
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3. INTRODUCTION
• Plasma Antenna is a special type of antenna in
which the metal conducting elements of a
conventional antenna are replaced by a
plasma.
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4. PLASMA
• This is the fourth state of matter similar to gas.
• It is identified by Sir William Crookes in 1879.
• Plasmas are conductive assemblies of charged
and neutral particles.
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6. PLASMA FREQUENCY
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the electron plasma frequency the ion plasma frequency
the plasma frequency:
as the electrons are so much lighter than ions
as the electrons are so much lighter than ions
7. PLASMA ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY
It use ionized gas as conducting material .
The gas is ionized only for the time of
transmission or reception.
The design allows for extremely short pulses,
important to many forms of digital
communication and radars.
Operates up to 90 GHz
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9. WORKING PRINCIPLE
When supply is given to the tube, the gas inside
it gets ionized to plasma.
When plasma is highly energised, it behaves as
a conductor.
Antenna generates a localised concentration of
plasma to form a plasma mirror that deflects RF
beam launched from a central feed located at
focus of mirror.
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11. UNIQUE FEATURE OF PLASMA ANTENNA
One fundamental feature of a plasma
antenna is that the gas ionizing process
A second fundamental feature is that after
sending a pulse the plasma antenna can
be de-ionized.
Selectable Multi beam
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12. PSiAn (Plasma Silicon Antenna)
• Plasma antenna up coming Technology is
PSiAn Launched in 2010.
• Based on silicon integrated circuits
technology.
• It contain number of diode on single silicon
chip.
• Its product cost does not increase with
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13. TRADITIONAL ANTENNA VS
PLASMA ANTENNA
- Unlike simple directional antennas, Plasma
Antennas’ selectable-beam avoiding the need for
manual or mechanical alignment and realignment
of fixed point-to-point communication links.
- Plasma Antennas provide similar advantages to
phased array antennas but at a fraction of the cost,
together with much wider bandwidth of operation.
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14. APPLICATIONS
In highspeed digital communication and radar
system.
In radio antenna.
Stealth for millitary application.
Used for transmission and modulation
techniques(PM,AM,FM).
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15. ADVANTAGES
Higher Power
Enhanced bandwidth
Higher efficiency
Lower noise
Perfect reflector
Low in weight
Smaller in size
Improved reliability
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16. CONCLUSION
It is more advantageous than other antenna
due to ionized gas.
Its action has many general with the dielectric
antenna action.
It helps in pulse operation.
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