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Closed-drift hall effect plasma vacuum pump for process reactors

US6899527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2003
Grant dateMay 31, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05H1/54
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A closed-drift Hall effect plasma vacuum pump includes one or more pumping conduits which are linked with a radial magnetic field. The magnetic field separates a plasma from a plasma at a higher pressure which is formed by cross-field plasma transport from a plasma processing region.

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