Compact multi antenna based ion sources
US10522315B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05H3/06
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An ion generating device including a time-varying electromagnetic power source; and a multi-antenna ion source including a plurality of live antennas electrically coupled to the power source; and a grounded antenna. A neutron generator, including a time-varying electromagnetic power source; a hermetically-sealed tube; a multi-antenna ion source within tube, the multi-antenna ion source including a plurality of live antennas electrically coupled to the time-varying electromagnetic power source; and at most one grounded antenna; an extractor adjacent to an aperture of the multi-antenna ion source; at least one magnet generating a magnetic field substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the multi-antenna ion source; a target within the hermetically-sealed tube; and a plurality of electrodes for accelerating and/or decelerating ions toward the target, where the power source operates at a frequency corresponding to a cyclotron frequency defined by a value of the magnetic field within the multi-antenna ion source.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.