RF source protection
AssigneeElekta Limited
InventorsIan Shinton, Peter Doherty, Emma Wooldridge
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Abstract
A method of determining a design of a transmission waveguide, the method comprising: providing a system comprising a transmission waveguide connected at a first end thereof to an RF source; generating an electromagnetic field in the system by application of RF energy of a harmonic frequency of the RF source to the transmission waveguide; determining whether a reference location in the RF source meets a requirement relating directly or indirectly to an electromagnetic field in the RF source; and if the requirement is met, outputting the current design of the transmission waveguide as its design.
Claims31
A method of determining a design of a transmission waveguide, the method comprising:
- providing a system comprising a transmission waveguide connected at a first end thereof to an RF source;
- generating an electromagnetic field in the system by application of RF energy of a harmonic frequency of the RF source to the transmission waveguide;
- determining whether a reference location in the RF source meets a requirement relating directly or indirectly to the electromagnetic field in the RF source, wherein the reference location is a part of the RF source adversely affected by absorption of the RF energy;
- determining the design of the transmission waveguide based on the requirement being met;
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- outputting the determined design.
A method of fabricating a transmission waveguide, the method comprising:
- determining a design of the transmission waveguide;
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- fabricating the transmission waveguide having the design, wherein determining the design includes:
- providing a system comprising a transmission waveguide connected at a first end thereof to an RF source;
- generating an electromagnetic field in the system by application of RF energy of a harmonic frequency of the RF source to the transmission waveguide;
- determining whether a reference location in the RF source meets a requirement relating directly or indirectly to the electromagnetic field in the RF source, wherein the reference location is a part of the RF source adversely affected by absorption of the RF energy;
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- determining the design of the transmission waveguide based on the requirement being met.
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