Issue
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 08, Number PR7, October 1998
3rd International Workshop Microwave Discharges : Fundamentals and Applications
Page(s) Pr7-241 - Pr7-256
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1998720
3rd International Workshop Microwave Discharges : Fundamentals and Applications

J. Phys. IV France 08 (1998) Pr7-241-Pr7-256

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1998720

ICP diagnostics with magnetic probes

V.A. Godyak and R.B. Piejak

OSRAM SYLVANIA INC., 71 Cherry Hill Drive, Beverly, MA 01915, U.S.A


Abstract
Magnetic probe (B-dot) diagnostics of inductively coupled plasmas are reviewed in this lecture. The diagnostic fundamentals, the relationships between the measured B-dot signals and the rf electric fields and currents in an ICP, the design of B-dot experiment and the results of B-dot measurements carried out over a wide range of ICP parameters are discussed here. It is shown that commonly used B-dot probes enclosed in a dielectric shell significantly disturb the measured B-dot signals and may lead to erroneous results. Some new results on the electromagnetic field and rf current distribution measured in a cylindrical ICP with a flat inductor coil are discussed in terms of anomalous skin effect.



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