Charged particle energy analyzers
US5185524A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J37/05
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A charged particle energy analyzer includes two hemispherical electrodes and means for developing an inverse square electric field in the gap between the two electrodes. An afocal charged particle lens arrangement is arranged to project a charged particle image of a sample into the electric field. Two baffles are disposed in the gap between the electrodes the baffles being effective to restrict the energy and angular divergence of the particles transmitted by the analyzer, the baffles being positioned so as to reduce the dependence of the energy and the orientation of the charged particles transmitted by the baffles on the position of the particles within the image. A two-dimensional detector is arranged to detect the charged particle image transmitted by the analyzer.
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