Proceedings of the KIEE Conference (대한전기학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (대한전기학회)
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A Study on FEM Application in PIC Plasma Simulation

PIC 플라즈마 시뮬레이션에서의 유한요소법 적용에 관한 연구

  • Min, Woong-Kee (School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyeong-Seok (Department of Electrical Engineering, Suncheonhyang University) ;
  • Lee, Seok-Hyun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Hahn, Song-Yop (School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1996.07.22
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Abstract

In the PIC simulation of plasma, the fields are commonly calculated on uniform spatial grids using FDM. But, FDM has a difficulty in modeling a complex shaped model. FEM has a good flexibiblity in treating a complex shape, so that we calculated the field by using FEM not FDM. In this paper, the plasma between plane-to-plane electrodes was simulated using FEM and FDM. Comparing the results of those two methods told us that FEM is also valid as a calculating method in PIC plasma simulation. In order to verify the use of FEM, the discharge of rod-to-plane was simulated. There was not a little distortion of the electric field between the electrodes due to the distribution of space charges.

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