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US 8,916,821 B2Granted
Assemblies for ion and electron sources and methods of use
AssigneePerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
InventorsKeith Ferrara, David Barkus, Adam Patkin, Rosario Mannino, Daniel Pentek, Frank Delorenzo, Barton Rasmussen
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Abstract
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used to align the components of a source assembly in a source housing. In some examples, a terminal lens configured to couple to the housing through respective alignment features can be used to retain the source components in a source housing to provide a source assembly.
Claims25
A source assembly comprising:
- a housing configured to receive source components, the housing comprising a first integral alignment feature;
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- a terminal lens configured to provide a beam, the terminal lens comprising a second integral alignment feature, the terminal lens constructed and arranged to couple to the housing when the first integral alignment feature is coupled to the second integral alignment feature to align the terminal lens with the source components in the housing and retain the source components in the housing.
A source assembly comprising:
- a housing configured to receive source components and comprising a first set of integral alignment features;
- a terminal lens constructed and arranged to provide a beam, the terminal lens comprising a second set of integral alignment features, the terminal lens constructed and arranged to couple to the housing when the first set of integral alignment features are coupled to the second set of integral alignment features to align the terminal lens with the source components in the housing and retain the source components in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.