High-speed digital measurements of probe characteristic and energy distribution function

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Abstract
The probe characteristic and the energy distribution function in gas plasmas are measured by a digital electronic apparatus with high speed scanning and a good signal-to-noise ratio. To counteract noise, the apparatus has averaging functions using digital accumulation and multiple scanning. In the multiple scanning, data at each probe voltage step are added in a memory and their average is taken so that low frequency noise may be eliminated.