ION SOURCE

• US 20100051825A1
• Filed: 08/25/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., LTD. (Nissin Electric Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nissin Ion Equipment Co., LTD. (Nissin Electric Company Limited)
• Inventors: Igo, Tetsuya, Yamashita, Takatoshi, Ikejiri, Tadashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,253,114 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/423.R
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 27/14 Other arc discharge ion sources using an applied magnetic field

Abstract

An ion source includes a plasma generating chamber into which an ionization gas containing fluorine is introduced, a hot cathode provided on one side in the plasma generating chamber, an opposing reflecting electrode which is provided on other side in the plasma generating chamber and reflects electrons when a negative voltage is applied from a bias power supply to the opposing reflecting electrode, and a magnet for generating a magnetic field along a line, which connects the hot cathode and the opposing reflecting electrode, in the plasma generating chamber. The opposing reflecting electrode is formed of an aluminum containing material.

Claims

1. An ion source for generating an ion beam containing an aluminum ion, comprising:

a plasma generating chamber which is also used as an anode and generates a plasma in an interior, and into which an ionization gas containing fluorine is introduced;

a hot cathode provided on one side in the plasma generating chamber and isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber;

an opposing reflecting electrode which is provided on other side in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the hot cathode and is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, to which a voltage that is negative in contrast to a potential of the plasma generating chamber is applied, and which reflects electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material; and

a magnet which generates a magnetic field along a line connecting the hot cathode and the opposing reflecting electrode, in the plasma generating chamber.

3. An ion source according to claim 1, further comprising:

a backside reflecting electrode which is provided at a back of an electron emitting portion of the hot cathode in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the opposing reflecting electrode, which is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, to which a voltage that is negative in contrast to the potential of the plasma generating chamber is applied, and which reflects the electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material.

5. An ion source according to claim 1, further comprising:

a backside reflecting electrode which is provided at a back of an electron emitting portion of the hot cathode in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the opposing reflecting electrode, which is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, which is set at a floating potential, and which reflects the electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material.

7. An ion source according to claim 1, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber, and

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an electric insulating aluminum containing material.

9. An ion source according to claim 1, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber, and

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an aluminum containing material, and is insulated electrically from other wall surfaces of the plasma generating chamber with intervention of an insulator and is set at a floating potential.

11. An ion source according to claim 1, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber,

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an aluminum containing material, and is insulated electrically from other wall surfaces of the plasma generating chamber with intervention of an insulator, and

a voltage that is negative in contrast to the potential of the plasma generating chamber is applied to the wall surface formed of the aluminum containing material.

2. An ion source for generating an ion beam containing an aluminum ion, comprising:

a plasma generating chamber which is also used as an anode and generates a plasma in an interior, and into which an ionization gas containing fluorine is introduced;

a hot cathode provided on one side in the plasma generating chamber and isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber;

an opposing reflecting electrode which is provided on other side in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the hot cathode and is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, which is set at a floating potential, and which reflects electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material; and

a magnet which generates a magnetic field along a line connecting the hot cathode and the opposing reflecting electrode, in the plasma generating chamber.

4. An ion source according to claim 2, further comprising:

a backside reflecting electrode which is provided at a back of an electron emitting portion of the hot cathode in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the opposing reflecting electrode, which is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, to which a voltage that is negative in contrast to the potential of the plasma generating chamber is applied, and which reflects the electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material.

6. An ion source according to claim 2, further comprising:

a backside reflecting electrode which is provided at a back of an electron emitting portion of the hot cathode in the plasma generating chamber to oppose to the opposing reflecting electrode, which is isolated electrically from the plasma generating chamber, which is set at a floating potential, and which reflects the electrons in the plasma generating chamber and is formed of an aluminum containing material.

8. An ion source according to claim 2, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber, and

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an electric insulating aluminum containing material.

10. An ion source according to claim 2, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber, and

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an aluminum containing material, and is insulated electrically from other wall surfaces of the plasma generating chamber with intervention of an insulator and is set at a floating potential.

12. An ion source according to claim 2, wherein the hot cathode is an indirectly heated type hot cathode which has a cathode member which emits thermions by a heating and a filament which heats the cathode member, the cathode member being arranged in an opening portion of the plasma generating chamber,

a wall surface containing the opening portion of the plasma generating chamber is formed of an aluminum containing material, and is insulated electrically from other wall surfaces of the plasma generating chamber with intervention of an insulator, and

a voltage that is negative in contrast to the potential of the plasma generating chamber is applied to the wall surface formed of the aluminum containing material.