Ion plasma electron gun with dose rate control via amplitude mod

Details Ion plasma electron gun with dose rate control via amplitude mod Ion plasma electron gun with dose rate control via amplitude mod

1987-03-30

1988-06-07

Moore, David K.

Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems

Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the...

Plasma generating

31511191, 31511131, 31511181, 250423R, H02K 3900

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047499117

ABSTRACT:
An ion plasma electron gun for the generation of large area electron beams with uniform electron distribution. Positive ions generated by a wire in a plasma discharge chamber are accelerated through an extraction grid into a second chamber containing a high voltage cold cathode. These positive ions bombard a surface of the cathode causing the cathode to emit secondary electrons which form an electron beam. After passage through an extraction grid and plasma discharge chamber, the electron beam exits from the gun by way of a second grid and a foil window supported on the second grid. The gun is constructed so that the electron beam passing through the foil window has a relatively large area and uniform electron distribution which is substantially the same as the ion distribution of the ion beam impinging upon the cathode. A target and comparison circuit are functionally connected to a current control power supply for the positive ion source which in combination are capable of maintaining the output of secondary electrons emitting from the foil window substantially constant.

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