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Multichannel charged-particle analyzer

US5032724A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 1990
Grant dateJul 16, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J49/482
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A charged-particle energy analyzer includes a hollow axisymmetrical body with an annular opening therein receptive of input electrons from a cylindrical mirror analyzer, the electrons having a distribution of electron energies and a range of electron trajectories. The trajectories each have a radially inward directional component and an axial directional component in a forward direction parallel to the axis. Annular deflectors with negative potentials are disposed coaxially in the body so as to reverse the axial directional components of the electron trajectories. A ring-shaped channel detector detects the electrons relative to radial distance and thereby to energy.

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