US4801847A
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Charged particle accelerator using quadrupole electrodes
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1984-11-22
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Granted: 1989-01-31
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Expires: 2004-11-22
Abstract
Abstract A charged particle accelerator is provided with quadrupole electrodes with surfaces that are opposed to each other and are undulated, and with an external resonance circuit. The external resonance circuit consists of a capacitor formed by the opposing electrodes, a variable capacitor provided in parallel with said capacitor, and a coil. The resonance frequency is variable. A direct current and an alternating current may be applied in a superposed manner to the quadrupole electrodes. The thus constructed accelerator can be employed for an ion implanter to implant a heavy-current ion beam of several hundred KeV to several MeV.
Inventors
- 👤 Noriyuki Sakudo
- 👤 Katsumi Tokiguchi
- 👤 Hidemi Koike
- 👤 Osami Okada
- 👤 Norio Saito
- 👤 Susumu Ozasa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 04:35
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05H; H05H7/00; H05H7/02; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/3002; H01J37/3007; H01J37/317; H01J37/3171; H05H7/14; H05H7/18; H05H9/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A charged particle accelerator, comprising: quadrupole electrode means, including quadrupole electrodes in which opposing surfaces thereof are undulated, for accelerating charged particles; radio-frequency resonance circuit means, including a capacitor and a coil which constitute a part of a radio-frequency resonance circuit, for producing a high radio-frequency voltage and for applying the high radio-frequency voltage to said quadrapole electrodes, said radio-frequency resonance circuit means providing a variable resonance frequency; the variable resonance frequency being selected in accordance with the kind of charged particle ion to be accelerated, thereby enabling at least one of different kinds of charged particle ions to be properly accelerated without changing the size or spacing of the electrodes; and radio-frequency electric power generating means for applying radio-frequency electric power to said radio-frequency resonance circuit means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A charged particle accelerator, comprising: quadrupole electrode means, including quadrupole electrodes in which opposing surfaces thereof are undulated, for accelerating charged particles; radio-frequency resonance circuit means, including a capacitor and a coil which constitute a part of a radio-frequency resonance circuit, for producing a high radio-frequency voltage and for applying the high radio-frequency voltage to said quadrapole electrodes, said radio-frequency resonance circuit means providing a variable resonance frequency; the variable resonance frequency being selected in accordance with the kind of charged particle ion to be accelerated, thereby enabling at least one of different kinds of charged particle ions to be properly accelerated without changing the size or spacing of the electrodes; and radio-frequency electric power generating means for applying radio-frequency electric power to said radio-frequency resonance circuit means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein said radio-frequency resonance circuit means includes a plurality of radio-frequency resonance circuit means for producing a plurality of dissimilar radio-frequency voltages for superposed application to said quadrupole electrodes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein the variable resonance frequency is selected so as to enable one of different kinds of charged particles ions to be accelerated at different energy levels.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein a DC voltage and an AC voltage are applied in a superposed manner to said quadrupole electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein the capacity of said capacitor of said radio-frequency resonance circuit means is variable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein the inductance of said coil of said radio-frequency resonance circuit means is variable.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, wherein said radio-frequency electric power generating means includes an oscillator, an amplifier for amplifying the output of said oscillator and a coupling coil for supplying the radio-frequency electric power produced by said amplifier to said radio-frequency resonance circuit means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A charged particle accelerator according to claim 1, further comprising accelerating tube means for enclosing said quadrupole electrodes, and said capacitor and said coil of said radio-frequency resonance circuit means being disposed exteriorly of said accelerating tube means.
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