Electric lamp and discharge devices – With positive or negative ion acceleration
Patent
1999-07-21
2000-11-21
Day, Michael H.
Electric lamp and discharge devices
With positive or negative ion acceleration
3133621, 31323161, 31323131, H01J 2716
Patent
active
061507555
ABSTRACT:
A charged particle source includes a vessel defining an interior for containing a plasma, the vessel having an inlet communicating with the interior of the vessel and connected to a source of atoms, and an aperture through which a charged particle beam is discharged, an energy generator for communicating with the atoms in the interior of the vessel and effecting ionization of the atoms in the vessel and creating the plasma, an electrode assembly disposed in the interior of the vessel, the electrode assembly including a conductive electrode support member, a tray member associated with the support member, a conductive liquid disposed in the tray member, the liquid having a surface area and a conductor connected between the conductive liquid and a voltage source, and an ion optics assembly disposed adjacent the vessel for accelerating plasma-generated charged particles having the same polarity as the conductive liquid in the vessel while maintaining charged particles of the opposite polarity within the vessel.
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DiStefano Salvatore A.
Druz Boris L.
Hayes Alan V.
Kanarov Victor
Lakios Emmanuel N.
Day Michael H.
Veeco Instruments Inc.
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