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US 7,554,096 B2Granted
Ion sources, systems and methods
AssigneeALIS Corporation
InventorsBilly W. Ward, John A. Notte, IV, Louis S. Farkas, III, Randall G. Percival, Raymond Hill
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Abstract
Ion sources, systems and methods are disclosed.
Claims66
A system, comprising:
- a gas field ion source comprising an electrically conductive tip,
- wherein the gas field ion source is capable of interacting with a gas to generate an ion beam for a time period of one week or more without removing the electrically conductive tip from the system.
A system, comprising:
- a gas field ion source capable of interacting with a gas to generate an ion beam for a time period of one week or more with a total interruption time of 10 hours or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.