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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400094 | Standing wave particle beam accelerator having a plurality of power inputs A device for generating a particle beam includes a particle source, and a structure having a first section and a second section, the first section coupled to the particle source, the first section having a first power input, and the second section having a second po... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373133 | Recharging method and apparatus The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355357 | Plasma accelerator A plasma accelerator is provided. The plasma accelerator includes a chamber having a closed top, an opened bottom and a lateral surface, a first coil section comprising a plurality of coils that are connected to one another in series and are wound around the lateral... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355188 | Technique for uniformity tuning in an ion implanter system A technique for uniformity tuning in an ion implanter system is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for ion beam uniformity tuning. The method may comprise generating an ion beam in an ion implanter system. Th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336764 | Electron beam accelerator and ceramic stage with electrically-conductive layer or coating therefor A ceramic electron beam accelerator is disclosed finding particularly efficacious uses in X-ray electronic circuit imaging and testing applications. The ceramic stage design eliminates the need for placing metal reinforcements between adjoining stages of the acceler... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7262566 | Standing-wave electron linear accelerator A particle accelerator system, including apparatuses and methods, for producing a beam of bunched charged particles at high intensities and with minimal energy dispersion comprises a bunching section having a plurality of bunching cavities, an accelerating section h... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262564 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and a method of controlling fluid flow An electrostatic fluid acceleration and method of operation thereof includes at least two synchronously powered stages. A single power supply or synchronized and phase controlled power supplies provide high voltage power to each of the stages such that both the phas... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253423 | Technique for uniformity tuning in an ion implanter system A technique for uniformity tuning in an ion implanter system is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for uniformity tuning in an ion implanter system. The method may comprise measuring an ion beam at a pluralit... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248003 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and method of controlling a fluid flow An electrostatic fluid accelerator includes a first number of corona electrodes and a second number of accelerating electrodes spaced apart from and parallel to adjacent ones of the corona electrodes. An electrical power source is connected to supply the corona and ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208890 | Multi-section particle accelerator with controlled beam current A particle accelerator system, including apparatuses and methods, that is configurable through repositioning of shorting devices therein to operate at different charged particle beam currents while maintaining optimum transfer of electromagnetic power from electroma... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7176470 | Technique for high-efficiency ion implantation A technique for high-efficiency ion implantation is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as an apparatus for high-efficiency ion implantation. The apparatus may comprise one or more measurement devices to determine a shape... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7129504 | Method and apparatus for generation and frequency tuning of modulated, high current electron beams Generating and frequency tuning of modulated high current electron beams and a specific efficient, high current, frequency-tunable device for generating intense radio frequency (RF), microwave electromagnetic fields in a rectangular waveguide. Current multiplication... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122070 | Method of and apparatus for electrostatic fluid acceleration control of a fluid flow A device for handling a fluid includes a corona discharge device and an electric power supply. The corona discharge device includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector electrode positioned proximate each other so as to provide a total ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098615 | Radio frequency focused interdigital linear accelerator An interdigital (Wideröe) linear accelerator employing drift tubes, and associated support stems that couple to both the longitudinal and support stem electromagnetic fields of the linac, creating rf quadrupole fields along the axis of the linac to provide transver... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7078113 | Organic light emitting devices having carrier transporting layers comprising metal complexes Light emitting devices having charge transporting layers comprising one or more metal complexes are provided. More particularly, devices include hole transporting layers comprising at least one metal complex are disclosed. The present devices can further comprise an... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053565 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and a method of controlling fluid flow An electrostatic fluid acceleration and method of operation thereof includes at least two synchronously powered stages with final or rear-most electrodes of one stage maintained at substantially the same instantaneous voltage as the immediately adjacent initial or f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7030576 | Multichannel hall effect thruster A Hall effect thruster for propelling spacecraft and satellites includes at least two acceleration channels, each of the channels has a closed end and an open end, and a plurality of flux guides adjacent each of the channels. The plurality of flux guides includes an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026635 | Particle beam processing apparatus and materials treatable using the apparatus Methods, and materials made by the methods, are provided herein for treating materials with a particle beam processing device. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method for treating a material with a particle beam processing device is provided that includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022421 | Organic light emitting devices having carrier blocking layers comprising metal complexes Light emitting devices having blocking layers comprising one or more metal complexes are provided. The blocking layers may serve to block electrons, holes, and/or excitons. Preferably, the devices further comprise a separate emissive layer in which charge and/or exc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012386 | Enhanced RF window for waveguide used with particle accelerator An RF window and a method of manufacture of the RF window are provided. The RF window of the invention has very low reflected RF power. The RF window includes a center sleeve assembly including a ceramic disc mounted within a copper sleeve. The ceramic disc has oppo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005809 | Energy switch for particle accelerator Some embodiments include operation of an accelerator waveguide to output first particles from a tuned end cavity of the accelerator waveguide at a first energy, detuning of the end cavity, and operation of the accelerator waveguide to output second particles from th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6949895 | Unipolar electrostatic quadrupole lens and switching methods for charged beam transport A linear acceleration system comprises one or more accelerating stages along an axis and a unipolar electrostatic quadruple lens in series with the one or more accelerating stages. The unipolar electrostatic quadruple lens focuses an ion beam in a direction transver... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936981 | Retarding electron beams in multiple electron beam pattern generation A multiple electron beam pattern generator includes a multiple electron beam source to generate a plurality of electron beams that are modulated according to a pattern. An anode accelerates the electron beams, and then a beam retarding system generates a retarding e... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919698 | Electrostatic fluid accelerator for and method of controlling a fluid flow An electrostatic fluid accelerator includes a first number of corona electrodes and a second number of accelerating electrodes spaced apart from and parallel to adjacent ones of the corona electrodes. An electrical power source is connected to supply the corona and ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903521 | Electromagnetic induced accelerator An electromagnetic induced accelerator includes internal and external circular loop inductors for inducing a magnetic field when a current is applied to the internal and external circular loop inductors in a same direction, the internal and external circular loop in... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897617 | Method and apparatus to reduce ozone production in ion wind device A method to limit ozone production in wind ion devices while simultaneously realizing incidents of high acceleration in such devices varies the high voltage potential across the array of emitter(s) (10) and collectors (20) over time in such a manner as... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6803705 | Plasma accelerator arrangement For a plasma accelerator arrangement having a toroidal plasma chamber, a novel structure of the magnetic and/or electric fields is proposed which, in particular, permits multi-stage embodiments with substantially improved efficiency. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6777893 | Radio frequency focused interdigital linear accelerator A linear accelerator of the interdigital (Wideröe) type, employing two-part drift tubes and associated support stems that couple to the electromagnetic fields of the interdigital linac structure, creating rf quadrupole fields along the axis of the linac to provide ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6653642 | Methods and apparatus for operating high energy accelerator in low energy mode Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently operating an ion implanter which includes a charged particle accelerator in a high energy mode and in a low energy mode. The charged particle accelerator includes a high voltage power supply, an accelerat... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6608316 | Ion implantation beam monitor An ion implanter, the total return current between the substrate holder and flight tube is measured. Measuring the total current returned to the flight tube provides a useful indication of the total ion current in the ion beam leaving the flight tube as w... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6559610 | Continuous wave electron-beam accelerator and continuous wave electron-beam accelerating method thereof A continuous wave electron-beam accelerator that accelerates a continuous wave electron beam having a large average current includes an electron beam generator, an electron-beam accelerating unit using a radio-frequency electric field having a frequency o... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6512333 | RF-powered plasma accelerator/homogenizer The RF-powered plasma accelerator/homogenizer produces a quiescent plasma having a generally homogenous preselected plasma potential VPA and a space-charge neutralized plasma beam. The plasma accelerator/homogenizer includes an RF-conductive ac... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6492784 | Propulsion device and method employing electric fields for producing thrust Thrust is provided to a vehicle using a self-contained device for producing the thrust through a preselected shaping of an electric field. The device includes a core carried by a housing, with both the core and the housing formed from a material having a ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6483263 | Automated system for conditioning a linear accelerator A method and system for automatically conditioning a linear accelerator is disclosed. The method and system comprise the steps of measuring the global variables of the accelerator and evaluating a plurality of events based upon the measurement of the glob... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6448722 | Permanent magnet focused X-band photoinjector A compact high energy photoelectron injector integrates the photocathode directly into a multicell linear accelerator with no drift space between the injection and the linac. High electron beam brightness is achieved by accelerating a tightly focused elec... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6426507 | Particle beam processing apparatus The present invention is directed to a particle beam processing apparatus that is smaller in size and operates at a higher efficiency. The processing apparatus includes a particle beam generating assembly, a foil support assembly, and a processing assembl... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6407492 | Electron beam accelerator An electron accelerator includes a vacuum chamber having an electron beam exit window. The exit window is formed of metallic foil bonded in metal to metal contact with the vacuum chamber to provide a gas tight seal therebetween. The exit window is less th... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6366021 | Standing wave particle beam accelerator with switchable beam energy A standing wave particle beam accelerator in which the electric fields in one side coupling cavity are switched by inserting two probes of selected diameter to provide different upstream and downstream electric field coupling to adjacent coupled accelerat... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6327339 | Industrial x-ray/electron beam source using an electron accelerator An industrial X-ray/electron beam source includes an accelerator having a) a coaxial cavity b) an electron gun for emitting an electron beam to be accelerated, c) at least one deflection magnet positioned outside of the cavity, and d) a radio frequency po... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6320334 | Controller for a linear accelerator A method and apparatus for generating an accurate, table phase shift (b) in a sinusoidal signal employs fast analog multiplication to implement the trigonometric relationship sin(ωt+b)=sin(ωt)cos(b)+cos(ωt)sin(b). Cos (ωt) is generated by accurat... | 11/20/2001 |
