EP1586221A1 - Ionenbeschleuniger-anordnung - Google Patents
Ionenbeschleuniger-anordnungInfo
- Publication number
- EP1586221A1 EP1586221A1 EP03782395A EP03782395A EP1586221A1 EP 1586221 A1 EP1586221 A1 EP 1586221A1 EP 03782395 A EP03782395 A EP 03782395A EP 03782395 A EP03782395 A EP 03782395A EP 1586221 A1 EP1586221 A1 EP 1586221A1
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03H—PRODUCING A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03H1/00—Using plasma to produce a reactive propulsive thrust
- F03H1/0037—Electrostatic ion thrusters
- F03H1/0062—Electrostatic ion thrusters grid-less with an applied magnetic field
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/54—Plasma accelerators
Definitions
- the invention relates to an ion accelerator arrangement of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1.
- Ion accelerator arrangements are used, for example, for surface treatment, in particular in semiconductor technology, or as a drive for spacecraft. Ions are typically generated and accelerated from a neutral working gas for propulsion purposes, in particular an inert gas. In particular, two construction principles have become established for the generation and acceleration of ions.
- the positively charged ions are converted from a plasma by means of a lattice arrangement in which a first lattice adjacent to the plasma chamber is at an anode potential and a second lattice which is offset in the beam exit direction is at a more negative cathode potential.
- a lattice arrangement in which a first lattice adjacent to the plasma chamber is at an anode potential and a second lattice which is offset in the beam exit direction is at a more negative cathode potential.
- a lattice arrangement in which a first lattice adjacent to the plasma chamber is at an anode potential and a second lattice which is offset in the beam exit direction is at a more negative cathode potential.
- Another design provides a plasma chamber which is penetrated on the one hand by an electric field for accelerating positively charged ions in the direction of a beam outlet opening and on the other hand by a magnetic field for guiding electrons which serve to ionize a neutral working gas.
- Accelerator arrangements with an annular plasma chamber, in which the magnetic field is predominantly radial and electrons under the influence of the - electrical and magnetic fields are on closed drift paths, have been in use for a long time. electric and magnetic fields move on closed drift tracks.
- Such an accelerator arrangement is known, for example, from US Pat. No. 5,847,493.
- the magnetic field shows a special structure with a field course predominantly parallel to the longitudinal direction in longitudinal sections of the second type and predominantly perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, in particular radial course in longitudinal sections of the first type, which in particular show a course of the magnetic field, also referred to as cusp.
- the arrangement is preferably constructed in several stages with alternating successive longitudinal sections of the first and second type.
- Such ion accelerator arrangements are known, for example, from DE 100 14 033 A1 or DE 198 28 704 A1.
- electrodes protruding radially inwards are provided on the inner wall.
- JP 61 066 868 A shows an RF ion generator with an excitation coil arranged on the side walls of a plasma chamber.
- a permanent magnet arrangement generates a magnetic field with field lines curved around the coil turns in order to keep plasma away from the coil turns.
- US Pat. No. 6,060,836 A describes a plasma generator with a waveguide projecting axially into a plasma chamber, to which HF power from a magnetron is fed and the inner conductor of which carries a permanent magnet arrangement at one end projecting into the chamber.
- the object of the present invention is to further improve the efficiency of an ion accelerator arrangement.
- the invention is described in claim 1.
- the dependent claims contain advantageous refinements and developments of the invention.
- the invention is based on the magnetic field structure known per se from DE 100 14 033 A1, which in the ionization (or plasma) chamber in the longitudinal direction of the arrangement in a section of the second type has a predominantly parallel field direction to the longitudinal direction and in a section of the first type in contrast, has a stronger, in particular predominant, field component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
- the magnetic field merges continuously and monotonously from a section of the first type into a section of this type adjacent to it and vice versa, the adjacent sections of the first and second type being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction or being able to adjoin one another directly.
- the longitudinal direction of an ion accelerator arrangement essentially coincides with the mean direction of movement of the accelerated ions or an axis of symmetry of the ionization chamber.
- the volume available to the working gas in this section is reduced compared to an embodiment with a constant wall distance and at the same time the working gas in the middle between the opposite ones Concentrated wall surfaces.
- the distance between opposing wall surfaces in the section of the second type is preferably not only with respect to one another but also with respect to an center line or center surface parallel to the longitudinal direction in particular is reduced compared to the wall distance in an adjacent longitudinal section of the first type.
- the minimum wall distance in a section of the second type is advantageously at least 15%, preferably at least 20%, in particular at least 25% less than the maximum wall distance in an adjacent section of the first type.
- at least one, preferably both, of the opposing wall surfaces is in a section of the second type offset towards the ionization chamber, in particular in the form of a curvature with a wall surface that runs continuously in the longitudinal direction, preferably monotonously curved.
- the mutually opposing wall surfaces can consist of dielectric material or be metallic or partially metallic, in particular in such a way that in the section or sections of the second type there is a metallic wall surface which forms an intermediate electrode at a fixed or sliding potential and in the longitudinal direction is delimited by insulating wall sections, and the wall surfaces in the sections of the first type are electrically insulating.
- the ion accelerator arrangement in the longitudinal course of the plasma chamber is constructed in several stages in such a way that a plurality of sections of the first type alternate with sections of the second type, the longitudinal components preferably being alternately opposed in sections of the second type separated by a section of the first type. the longitudinal component of the magnetic field thus reverses when passing through a section of the first type.
- a multi-stage magnetic field structure is known per se from the prior art.
- the reduction in wall distance that is essential to the invention can then be carried out in only one, several or all sections of the second type. If there is a reduction in the wall distance in several or all sections of the second type compared to adjacent sections of the first type, the quantitative extent of the relative reduction can also vary from section to section. There is preferably a reduction in the wall distance at least in the section of the second type closest in the longitudinal direction of the anode and / or the reduction in this section is greatest in the case of quantitative variation over several sections.
- the anode is preferably arranged at the end of the ionization chamber opposite the longitudinal direction of the ion exit opening.
- the cathode is advantageously designed as a primary electron source, from which primary electrons are guided through the ion outlet opening into the plasma chamber and / or which electrons are used to neutralize an ion or plasma beam emerging from the ionization chamber, and preferably offset laterally outside the ionization chamber and towards the outlet opening arranged.
- the ion accelerator arrangement according to the invention can serve both to emit a positively charged ion beam and, in particular in the preferred application in the drive of a spacecraft, to emit a neutral plasma beam.
- the accelerated ions can be used in particular for the treatment of solid surfaces and layers close to the surface.
- FIG. 1 shows a magnetic field profile in an ionization chamber
- Fig. 2 shows a multi-stage arrangement.
- the magnetic field profile in an ionization chamber IK which is required for the present invention, is schematically sketched.
- the ionization chamber is assumed to be annular, rotationally symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis SA, which lies in the longitudinal direction LR of the arrangement.
- a magnet arrangement MGi lying radially inside with respect to the ionization chamber and a magnet arrangement MGe lying radially outside generate a magnetic field in the ionisation chamber IK which has at least one longitudinal section MA1N of the first type and at least one longitudinal section MA2N of the same type in the longitudinal direction.
- the magnetic field in the ionization chamber preferably has a plurality of longitudinal sections of the first and second type, alternating in succession in the longitudinal direction, as in the example outlined in FIG. 2 and as indicated in FIG. 1 by a further longitudinal section MA2N + I.
- the magnetic field shows a predominantly parallel to the longitudinal axis SA field direction
- the magnetic field has a contrast greater radial, that is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis component.
- the longitudinal section MA1 N of the first type is selected in the example so that the radial field component clearly predominates.
- Longitudinal sections of the first and second types can be defined directly one after the other, but are spaced apart in the sketched example for a clear demarcation with a predominant longitudinal component in the section MA2 N and a predominant radial component in the longitudinal section MA1 N by an unspecified transition section.
- the magnitude of the magnetic flux decreases from the lateral chamber walls towards the center, just as in the longitudinal section of the first type magnetic flux on the chamber walls is greater than in the middle between opposite wall surfaces.
- the magnetic field structure described so far is in itself, for. B. from DE 10014033 A1, as well as magnet arrangements for generating such a magnetic field structure.
- the field distribution of the magnetic field in FIG. 1 is only to be understood schematically and not quantitatively.
- the radial distance of the wall surfaces WF2JN, WF2 ⁇ N opposite each other perpendicular to the longitudinal axis SA is less than the radial wall distance of wall surfaces WF1 ' IN, WF1 ⁇ N in the longitudinal section MA1 N of the first type
- the clear radial width of the ionization chamber is thus reduced in the longitudinal section MA2N of the second type compared to the longitudinal section MA1N of the first type.
- the two opposing wall surfaces WF2JN, WF2 ⁇ are preferably displaced radially towards the center of the ionization chamber in relation to the wall surfaces WF1.N, WF1 and N adjacent in the longitudinal direction.
- a concentration of the working gas, in particular also of the non-ionized atoms is forced in the radial inner area in section MA2N, where there is a higher electron density and therefore a higher ionization probability due to the lower magnetic flux ,
- the course of the wall surfaces in the longitudinal direction can in both sections be parallel to the longitudinal axis SA with a step or ramp as a transition.
- the wall surface WF2i N and / or WF2 ⁇ N can be curved with a toward the radial center of the ionization chamber minimum wall distance D2L, which increases in the longitudinal direction towards the adjacent section MA1 N of the first type.
- the course of the wall surface WF2i N and / or WF2e can in particular be continuously monotonously curved or of such a shape, e.g. B. be approximated with several straight partial courses.
- the wall surfaces WF1i N and / or WF1e can have a straight or curved course in the longitudinal direction, with a straight course parallel to the longitudinal axis typically being favorable for these surfaces for the sake of simplified production.
- the wall surfaces of the chamber wall can consist of electrically insulating material or of electrically conductive material or also partially of electrically conductive material, in particular non-magnetizable metal.
- the wall surfaces are WF2. N , WF2 ⁇ N metallic and the wall surfaces WF1N, WF1 ⁇ N insulating.
- the metallic wall surfaces can then advantageously form part of the electrode arrangement as intermediate electrodes at intermediate electrical potentials between the potentials of an anode and a cathode, it being possible for the intermediate potentials to be predeterminable or, in the case of insulated, non-contacted intermediate electrodes, to set up smoothly during operation.
- metallic Electrodes are placed or fixed on an essentially cylindrical insulating chamber shell and form the wall surfaces WF2i N or WF2e N through their surfaces facing away from the chamber shell and facing the ionization chamber and the opposite wall surface.
- a longitudinally multi-stage arrangement is outlined, in which in itself, for. B. from DE 100 14033 A1, as is known in the longitudinal direction, a plurality of longitudinal sections of the first and second type alternate in succession, with two sections of the second type (MA2N, MA2N + I in FIG. 1) adjacent to an intermediate section of the first type (MA1 N 1 ⁇ FIG. 1) ) show opposite longitudinal components of the magnetic field. While an annular chamber geometry around a central central longitudinal axis SA and an inner and an outer magnet arrangement Mgi, Mge are provided in FIG. 1, the sketch according to FIG.
- the ionization chamber shows a beam exit opening, from which a generally slightly divergent ion or plasma beam PB with medium ion movement in the longitudinal direction LR emerges.
- a cathode KA which is at cathode potential and emits electrons, is arranged as part of the electrode arrangement outside the ionization chamber at the outlet opening AU and laterally offset therefrom.
- a part IE of these electrons is conducted through the electrical field of the electrode arrangement into the ionization chamber and is used there in known manner for ionizing the working gas and in particular also the generation of secondary electrons.
- Another part NE of the electrons emitted by the cathode can serve to neutralize a positively charged particle stream PB.
- no external electron source is provided for generating primary electrons for gas ionization and / or for the neutralization of a plasma jet with excess positive charge.
- the cathode can then in particular be provided by a housing part surrounding the outlet opening of the ionization chamber and lying at cathode potential.
- An anode A0 as part of the electrode arrangement is arranged at the end of the ionization chamber opposite the outlet opening AU in the longitudinal direction LR and is at anode potential.
- a neutral working gas preferably a heavy noble gas such as xenon (Xe) for drive purposes, can be introduced into the ionization chamber, for which purpose an anode-side central supply line is entered in the sketch.
- Xe xenon
- a typical distribution of a plasma consisting of electrons and positive gas ions is shown in crossed hatching in the ionization chamber.
- the magnet arrangement forms a magnetic field in the ionization chamber IKZ, which has longitudinal sections MA11, MA12 of the first type and longitudinal sections MA21, MA22, MA23 of the second type alternately in the longitudinal direction. It is assumed that, as outlined, in this case the distance of opposite wall surfaces to the diameter of the ionization chamber is constant in all longitudinal sections of the first type and in any transition sections that may be present, it is constantly equal to DZ.
- the ionization chamber in the longitudinal section MA21 is narrowed to a minimum diameter D21L by a curvature surrounding the central longitudinal axis with a wall surface WF21.
- the wall surface WF21 is assumed to be electrically insulating.
- the diameter of the ionization chamber is reduced to a value D22L, whereby the larger dimensioning of D22L compared to D21L can take into account any expansion of the plasma that may occur in the second compared to the first stage, and wall losses that impair electrical efficiency can be kept low .
- the wall surface WF22 or the entire narrowing of the diameter at this distance is metallic and forms a first intermediate electrode A1 at a fixed intermediate potential.
- an electrode A2 of small radial thickness is provided, which in this section does not reduce the diameter D23L, or does not significantly reduce it, compared to DZ, and which, in an uncontacted manner, assumes an intermediate potential in operation.
- the electrode arrangement can also differ in the division in the longitudinal direction from the division of the magnetic field into longitudinal sections of the first and second types.
- the wall surfaces in the sections of the second type can be shaped in various other ways and can be insulating, electrically conductive or even only partially conductive in themselves.
- the dimensions of the individual longitudinal sections and / or the intermediate electrodes can vary from stage to stage.
- Male known ion accelerator arrangements can be combined with the features essential to the invention.
- the cross section of the ionization chamber can also deviate from the rotationally symmetrical shape and assume an elongated shape.
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| DE10300776 | 2003-01-11 | ||
| DE10300776A DE10300776B3 (de) | 2003-01-11 | 2003-01-11 | Ionenbeschleuniger-Anordnung |
| PCT/EP2003/014210 WO2004064461A1 (de) | 2003-01-11 | 2003-12-13 | Ionenbeschleuniger-anordnung |
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| EP1586221A1 true EP1586221A1 (de) | 2005-10-19 |
| EP1586221B1 EP1586221B1 (de) | 2012-09-12 |
| EP1586221B8 EP1586221B8 (de) | 2012-10-24 |
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| DE (1) | DE10300776B3 (de) |
| RU (1) | RU2278484C2 (de) |
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