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Devices and systems including a boost device

  • US 9,847,217 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2014
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing inductive energy into a chamber from an induction device to sustain an atomization source at a first area within the chamber using inductive energy from the induction device; and

    providing additional radio frequency energy from a boost device into a second area of the chamber different from the first area of the chamber, in which the boost device is separate from the induction device and in which the first area of the chamber has the same diameter as the second area of the chamber, and wherein the boost device comprises an aperture that receives the second area of the chamber to position the boost device around the second area of the chamber, and wherein the boost device comprises a wire coil that wraps around the second area of the chamber.

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