High-current DC proton accelerator

US8148922B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ion Beam Applications · BE

Inventors

• Marshall R. Cleland · Smithtown, US
• Richard A. Galloway · East Islip, US
• Leonard DeSanto · Medford, US
• Yves Jongen · Louvain-la-Neuve, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H5/02
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A dc accelerator system able to accelerate high currents of proton beams at high energies is provided. The accelerator system includes a dc high-voltage, high-current power supply, an evacuated ion accelerating tube, a proton ion source, a dipole analyzing magnet and a vacuum pump located in the high-voltage terminal. The high-current, high-energy dc proton beam can be directed to a number of targets depending on the applications such as boron neutron capture therapy BNCT applications, NRA applications, and silicon cleaving.