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US 5,191,517 AGranted
Electrostatic particle accelerator having linear axial and radial fields
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorKenneth E. Stephenson
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Abstract
A particle accelerator comprises a Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier that provides linear axial and radial fields. The Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier includes capacitors that are arranged radially relative to one another, such that a linear voltage increase occurs between the capacitors. The particle accelerator is made by placing conductive foils on an insulating sheet, connecting the foils as a Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier, and rolling the insulating sheet with the foils into a cylinder to form the radially arranged capacitors.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising:
- a means for supplying a voltage signal;
- and
- a Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier that multiplies the voltage signal and includes a bank of radially arranged capacitors, the capacitors having layers which are substantially tubular and comprise an outer capacitor and at least one inner capacitor, such that the inner capacitor is nested within and surrounded by the outer capacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.