Methods, apparatus, and systems involving ion beam generation
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a chamber coupled to a gas source;
a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the chamber from the gas source, the resonator including an RF electrical energy source, a helical coil wound about the chamber and coupled to the RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
a magnetic indexing arrangement including several magnetic coils positioned about the chamber between the gas source and the resonator to control ion movement; and
a focusing arrangement including an aperture device, the aperture device including a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall of the chamber coupled to the aperture device.
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Abstract
A high-perveance steady state deuterium ion gun was developed using a magnetic-index resonator in an Inductive Coupling Radio Frequency (ICRF) configuration. This approach made it feasible to generate an ion beam within millimeter dimensions extracted by negative potential placed at several centimeters from the exit of the ion source. The ion gun allows high extraction efficiency and low beam divergence as compared to other approaches.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a chamber coupled to a gas source;
a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the chamber from the gas source, the resonator including an RF electrical energy source, a helical coil wound about the chamber and coupled to the RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
a magnetic indexing arrangement including several magnetic coils positioned about the chamber between the gas source and the resonator to control ion movement; and
a focusing arrangement including an aperture device, the aperture device including a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall of the chamber coupled to the aperture device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
- an ion beam gun, the ion beam gun including;
a chamber coupled to a gas source;
means for ionizing gas received from the gas source, the ionizing means including a helical coil and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
means for controlling movement of ions generated with the ionizing means; and
means for focusing ions received from the ionizing means, the focusing means including a magnetic coil and an aperture device, the aperture device including a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall of the chamber coupled to the aperture device. - View Dependent Claims (12)
- an ion beam gun, the ion beam gun including;
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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an ion gun coupled to a gas source;
a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the chamber from the gas source, the resonator including an RF electrical energy source, a helical coil wound about a portion of the chamber and coupled to the RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
a magnetic indexing arrangement including several magnetic coils positioned about the chamber between the gas source and the resonator, a first one and a second one of the magnetic coils having a magnetic field strength greater than a third one of the magnetic coils, the third one of the magnetic coils being positioned between the first one and the second one of the coils; and
a focusing arrangement including an aperture device, the aperture device including a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall coupled to the aperture device.- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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providing a gas to an ion beam gun;
ionizing the gas with the ion beam gun, the ion beam gun including an RF resonator, the RF resonator including a helical coil coupled to an RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
controlling ionized particles with several magnetic indexing coils;
focusing an ion beam generated with the ion beam gun, the ion beam gun including a focusing arrangement with an aperture device, the aperture device including a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall coupled to the aperture device; and
providing the ion beam to a processing chamber.
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