Patent · US Expired

Wien filter for use in a scanning electron microscope or the like

US6593578B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2001
Grant dateJul 15, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/057
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A charged particle filter such as a Wien filter in which components used as the pole pieces and electrodes are precisely and reliably secured to a supporting structure through which they extend and to which they are brazed. Electrical insulating gaps in the magnetic circuit are located very remotely from the pole faces of the pole pieces so as to minimize any adverse effect of the gaps on the produced magnetic field.

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