US4849629A
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Charged particle analyzer
Assignee: Shimadzu Corp
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Filing: 1987-11-13
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Granted: 1989-07-18
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Expires: 2007-11-13
Abstract
Abstract A charged particle analyzer comprises a spherical grid, a spherical electrode, a screen plate, and a detector. The spherical electrode is outside of the spherical grid and is concentric with the spherical grid. The screen plate has an entry window and an exit opening, which are symmetrical with the center of the sphere of the spherical grid. A sample is disposed at the entry window of the screen plate. The detector is positioned behind the exit opening to detect charged particles emitted from the sample. The charged particles having the same energy can travel through the exit opening of the screen plate, and their amount or their angular distribution is measured.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Daimon
- 👤 Shozo Ino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:06
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J49/00; H01J49/44; H01J49/46; H01J49/48; H01J49/488
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A charged particle analyzer comprising: spherical grid means; spherical electrode means, said spherical electrode means being concentric with said spherical grid means; a screen plate disposed at said spherical grid means and having a window for entry of charged particles and an exit opening for said charged particles to detector means; and detector means disposed adjacent said exit opening of said screen plate for detecting the charged particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
68 words
A charged particle analyzer comprising: spherical grid means; spherical electrode means, said spherical electrode means being concentric with said spherical grid means; a screen plate disposed at said spherical grid means and having a window for entry of charged particles and an exit opening for said charged particles to detector means; and detector means disposed adjacent said exit opening of said screen plate for detecting the charged particles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein the entry window and the exit opening of said screen plate is symmetrical with respect to the center of the sphere of said spherical grid means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein said detector means is of two-dimensional type.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein a sample is positioned at the entry window of said screen plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein the charged particles traveling to said exit opening travel in elliptical orbits and are emitted from the entry window at specific angles and are introduced back into said exit opening at the same said specific angles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The analzyer as set forth in claim 1, wherein the radius of said spherical electrode means is approximately double the radius of said spherical grid means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, further comprising guard ring means provided between said spherical grid means and said spherical electrode means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 7, further comprising power supply means, connected to said spherical electrode means, for controlling the value of the energy of which charged particles are detected.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein both said spherical electrode means and said spherical grid means are provided with hole means through which an excitation ray is incident upon the entry window of said screen plate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein said detector means is a fluorescent screen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, further comprising high pass filter means disposed under the exit opening of said screen plate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The analyzer as set forth in claim 1, wherein the solid angle of said spherical grid means is not 2 π steradian, for instance, smaller than 2 π steradian or about 4 π steradian.
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