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Electronic bombardment evaporator equipped with means to recover backscattered electrons
Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives
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Filing: 1989-06-30
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Granted: 1990-09-18
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Expires: 2009-06-30
Abstract
Abstract Electronic bombardment evaporator equipped with means to recuperate backscattered electrons by a target (14) submitted to a bombardment by an electronic beam (12) comprising means to collect the backscattered electrons, said means (26) being brought to a Vc potential so that the electrons backscattered by the target (14) are attracted by said means (26), and a power source (30) connected firstly to the means (26) to collect the backscattered electrons and polarizing them to the VC potential, and secondly to the main power source (18) of the electron gun (10), supplying the latter with the intensity Ic originating from the recuperation of the backscattered electrons.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Francois Lizee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 04:05
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/305; H01J37/3053
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
Electronic bombardment evaporator provided with means for recovering electrons backscattered by a target subjected to a bombardment by an electronic beam, said beam originating from an electron gun with an electrode connected to an output S1 of a first d.c. power source, said power source furnishing a negative potential Vo on its output S1, wherein it includes: means to collect said backscattered electrons, said means being brought to a potential Vc so that the electrons backscattered by the target are attracted by said means, a second d.c. power source connected via a first output S2 to the means to collect the backscattered electrons, said first output being brought to the potential Vc, the second power source being also connected via a second output S3 to the output S1 of the first power source, the second output S3 being brought to the potential Vo.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
143 words
Electronic bombardment evaporator provided with means for recovering electrons backscattered by a target subjected to a bombardment by an electronic beam, said beam originating from an electron gun with an electrode connected to an output S1 of a first d.c. power source, said power source furnishing a negative potential Vo on its output S1, wherein it includes: means to collect said backscattered electrons, said means being brought to a potential Vc so that the electrons backscattered by the target are attracted by said means, a second d.c. power source connected via a first output S2 to the means to collect the backscattered electrons, said first output being brought to the potential Vc, the second power source being also connected via a second output S3 to the output S1 of the first power source, the second output S3 being brought to the potential Vo.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Evaporator according to claim 1, wherein the means to collect said backscattered electrons consist of a metal trapping cage recuperating any electron due to a backscattering occuring inside said cage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
Evaporator according to claim 2, wherein the trapping cage is a parallelpiped.
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