GB808236A - Field emission ion source - Google Patents

Field emission ion source

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GB808236A
GB808236A GB35873/56A GB3587356A GB808236A GB 808236 A GB808236 A GB 808236A GB 35873/56 A GB35873/56 A GB 35873/56A GB 3587356 A GB3587356 A GB 3587356A GB 808236 A GB808236 A GB 808236A
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needle
hollow
gas
permeable
ion source
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GB35873/56A
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High Voltage Engineering Corp
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High Voltage Engineering Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/30—Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • H01J1/304—Field-emissive cathodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J27/00—Ion beam tubes
    • H01J27/02—Ion sources; Ion guns
    • H01J27/26—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field effect ion sources, thermionic ion sources
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/06—Sources
    • H01J2237/08—Ion sources
    • H01J2237/0802—Field ionization sources
    • H01J2237/0807—Gas field ion sources [GFIS]

Abstract

808,236. Ion sources. HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING CORPORATION. Nov. 23, 1956 [Jan. 27, 1956], No. 35873/56. Class 39(1). A field-emission ion source suitable for a particle accelerator consists of a hollow pointed member which is supplied with gas under pressure and which is permeable to the gas. The hollow members, may be a hollow tube 2, Fig. 1, which terminating in a hollow or solid needle 13 is permeable to the gas. The needle may be of palladium, iron or nickel and a suitable gas is hydrogen, deuterium or tritium. The needle may be tipped with tungsten. The needle may be soldered in a member which is fitted on to the end of the hollow member 2. The needle may be heated by a coil 16 which may be an emitter of electrons. Positive or negative ions may be produced depending on the radius of curvature of the needle tip and the magnitude of the applied voltage. The ions are accelerated through a diaphragm 18 and a unipotential lens 3, 4, 5. The insulating column 1 includes electrode discs 7 and external guard rings 9. In a modification for producing a pulsed ion beam, the needle 13, Fig. 6, is surrounded by an apertured plate 23 to which a pulsed control voltage is applied. The fine point at the tip of the needle may be produced by grinding, chemical or electrolytic etching, or oxidation in a flame. Iron points may be etched in a molar solution of potassium chlorate, dissolved in a 30 per cent. solution of hydrochloric acid.
GB35873/56A 1956-01-27 1956-11-23 Field emission ion source Expired GB808236A (en)

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US561818A US2809314A (en) 1956-01-27 1956-01-27 Field emission ion source

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GB808236A true GB808236A (en) 1959-01-28

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US (1) US2809314A (en)
BE (1) BE553596A (en)
CH (1) CH358515A (en)
DE (1) DE1044295B (en)
FR (1) FR1165210A (en)
GB (1) GB808236A (en)
NL (2) NL213062A (en)

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FR1165210A (en) 1958-10-20
NL102697C (en)
US2809314A (en) 1957-10-08
BE553596A (en)
CH358515A (en) 1961-11-30
NL213062A (en)
DE1044295B (en) 1958-11-20

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