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Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, 2012, 4, 279-284 279 / 10.4236/jemaa.2012.47039 Published Online July 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jemaa) Characteristics of AC-Biased Plasma Antenna and Plasma Antenna Excited by Surface Wave 1 1 1 2 Anshi Zhu , Zili Chen , Junwei Lv , Jiajia Liu 1Optics and Electronic Department, Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China; 2China Satellite Maritime Tracking and Control Department, Jiangyin, China. Email: oec_ljw2009@, Bcskk781@ Received April 10th, 2012; revised May 11th, 2012; accepted June 10th, 2012 ABSTRACT Plasma’s conductive and dielectric properties have been well known for decades. Plasma antenna is a general terms representing using plasma as a conductive medium to transmit or reflect signals. It has unique properties like low RCS (radar cross section), variable impedance and instant on-off capability. Previous plasma antenna uses RF power to gen- erate the plasma column. We developed AC-biased (alternating current) plasma antenna, which has larger operation frequency scale and lower sustaining power. Signals propagated are coupled into the plasma antenna via capacitive coupling. Impedance of the plasma shifts slightly with the AC current. Radiation pattern of the plasma antenna is less uniform than metal antenna and its gain is related to AC power, from the measuring results of AC-biased plasma an- tenna we found its advantages compare to the plasma antenna excited by the surface wave. Keywords: Plasma Antenna; AC-Biased; Surface Wave Excited; Characteristics 1. Introduction antenna excited by the surface wave for HF (3 - 30 MHz) and VHF (30 - 3