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Process and apparatus for converged fine line electron beam treatment of objects

US4382186A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1981
Grant dateMay 3, 1983
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S117/905
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure is concerned with the use of fine line converged electron beams of high aspect ratio for effecting physical, chemical, mechanical and other changes in the surface of objects, and also volume effects, including applications, for example, to semiconductor and other materials surface modification technology, annealing, welding, etching, polishing, cutting, curing and other surface and volume alteration.

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