Fluid modeling of electron heating in low-pressure, high-frequency capacitively coupled plasma discharges
- Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)
Fluid modeling approaches encounter several shortcomings when used for simulation of capacitively coupled plasma discharges, especially under low-pressure and high-frequency conditions. For example, fluid models fail to accurately predict important features such as the collisionless electron heating and the electron temperature profiles in these discharges. We improve the classical fluid modeling approach to include the full electron momentum equation instead of the approximate drift-diffusion and a nonlocal collisionless electron heat flux terms instead of the Fourier heat flux form. A one-dimensional form of the fluid model is used in our studies. Improved predictions of the collisionless electron heating effect, charged species densities, and sheath electron temperature profiles are shown. Also accurate prediction of discharge impedance characteristics in the low-pressure, high-frequency regime are demonstrated.
- OSTI ID:
- 20658079
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 96, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1818354; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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