Particle accelerator and charged particle beam irradiation apparatus including particle accelerator

• US 8,643,314 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited
• Inventors: Touchi, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Cavallari, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sathiraju, Srinivas
• Application Number:
  US13/467,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20120286703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 315500-507, 313/62
• US Class Current: 315/503
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 13/02 Synchrocyclotrons, i.e. frequency modulated cyclotrons
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 7/02 Circuits or systems for supplying or feeding radio-frequency energy radio-frequency generators H03B

Abstract

A particle accelerator that is a synchrocyclotron accelerating charged particles and which includes an acceleration electrode that accelerates the charged particles; a high frequency power source that supplies the electric power to the acceleration electrode; a control unit that adjusts the frequency of the electric power supplied from the high frequency power source based on energy of the charged particle which is accelerated; and a matching circuit that has a coil and a capacitor, and performing impedance matching between the acceleration electrode and the high frequency power source, wherein the matching circuit has an inductance adjustment unit electrically adjusting the inductance of the coil.

Claims

1. A particle accelerator that is a synchrocyclotron accelerating charged particles comprising:

an acceleration electrode that accelerates the charged particles;

a high frequency power source that supplies the electric power to the acceleration electrode;

a control unit that adjusts the frequency of the electric power supplied from the high frequency power source based on energy of the charged particles which are accelerated; and

a matching circuit that has a coil and a capacitor, and performs impedance matching between the acceleration electrode and the high frequency power source,

wherein the matching circuit has an inductance adjustment unit electrically adjusting the inductance of the coil,

wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the acceleration electrode, the high frequency power source, and the matching circuit, and

wherein the matching circuit adjusts the inductance of the coil according to the adjustment of the frequency of the electric power supplied from the high frequency power source.

3. A charged particle beam irradiation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,

wherein the charged particle beam emitted from the synchrocyclotron is irradiated to an irradiated body.

2. A particle accelerator that is a synchrocyclotron accelerating charged particles comprising:

an acceleration electrode that accelerates the charged particles;

a high frequency power source that supplies the electric power to the acceleration electrode;

a control unit that adjusts the frequency of the electric power supplied from the high frequency power source based on energy of the charged particles which are accelerated; and

a matching circuit that has a coil and a capacitor, and performs impedance matching between the acceleration electrode and the high frequency power source,

wherein the matching circuit has an inductance adjustment unit electrically adjusting the inductance of the coil,

wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the acceleration electrode, the high frequency power source, and the matching circuit, and

wherein the inductance adjustment unit includes

a circular ferrite adjusting the inductance of the coil,

a bias winding wound around the ferrite, a bias power source supplying the bias current to the bias winding, and

a bias current adjustment unit increasing or decreasing the bias current supplied to the bias winding.