The low-voltage electrode 20 has a plate shape and is provided in the side facing the second surface 13b (the lower surface in FIG. 2) of the dielectric substrate 12. The low-voltage electrode 20 may be connected to the ground potential directly or through a resistor. It may also be connected to the low voltage output of the power supply unit 42.
As shown in FIG. 2, the low-voltage electrode 20 is formed with a groove 22 on its surface facing the dielectric substrate 12, the groove extending from the first end (left end in FIG. 2) in the length direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2) to the second end (right end in FIG. 2). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the groove 22 is formed in areas other than the outer circumferences 23a at both sides of the low-voltage electrode 20 in the width direction and the outer circumference 23b at the first end.
The dielectric substrate 12 and the low-voltage electrode 20 are stacked such that they are in contact with each other at the outer circumferences 23a and 23b. A space is formed in the portion where the groove 22 is formed, in other words, the space enclosed by the groove 22 and the second surface 13b of the dielectric substrate 12. This space forms a gas channel 25 to allow gas to flow from the first end to the second end.