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Electron lens

US3952198A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 1974
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
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Expiry dateAug 26, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/153
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electron lens system comprising a plurality of quadrupole elements, a plurality of octupole elements for correcting the spherical aberrations of said plurality of quadrupole elements, and an axially symmetric lens, arranged at the inlet or outlet side of said quadrupole and octupole elements for varying the focal length of said lens system so that the excitation currents of said plurality of quadrupole elements remain fixed.

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