Adjustable Mass Resolving Aperture
AssigneeGlenn Lane Family Limited Liability Limited Partnership
InventorGlenn E. LANE
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that may be used in an ion implantation system that selectively exclude ion species based on charge to mass ratio (and/or mass to charge ratio) that are not desired for implantation, in an ion beam assembly. Embodiments of the invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that is segmented, adjustable, and/or presents a curved surface to the oncoming ion species that will strike the aperture. Embodiments of the invention also relate to the filtering of a flow of charged particles through a closed plasma channel (CPC) superconductor, or boson energy transmission system.
Claims2
An ion implantation system, comprising:
- an ion source configured to generate an ion beam having a plurality of ions that propagate along a beam line;
- a mass analyzer configured to generate a magnetic field that bends a trajectory of each of the ions within the ion beam such that ions having a lower mass to charge ratio are bent more than ions having a higher mass to charge ratio, wherein the trajectory of each of the ions lies in a corresponding plane;
- a mass resolving aperture (MRA), wherein the MRA has an opening;
- wherein the MRA is positioned such that a first portion of the ions in the ion beam as the ion beam approaches the MRA pass through the opening and are in the ion beam after the ion beam exits the MRA and the MRA alters a motion of a second portion of the ions in the ion beam as the ion beam approaches the MRA such that the second portion of the ions are not in the ion beam after the ion beam exits the MRA,
- wherein the MRA has an edge adjacent the opening, wherein the edge has a face surface and a side surface, wherein a normal to the face surface is parallel with the beam path and a normal to the side surface is perpendicular to the beam path, wherein at least a portion of the MSA adjacent the face surface is segmented such that a first segment of the at least a portion of the MRA adjacent the face surface has a different electric charge and/or a different magnetic polarity than a second segment of the at least a portion of the MRA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.