Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electron source and electron beam device using the same
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Application No.: US16480405Application Date: 2017-12-08
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Publication No.: US10707046B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Toshiaki Kusunoki , Keigo Kasuya , Takashi Ohshima , Tomihiro Hashizume , Noriaki Arai , Yoichi Ose
- Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7c72f76
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/044177 WO 20171208
- International Announcement: WO2018/159056 WO 20180907
- Main IPC: H01J37/073
- IPC: H01J37/073 ; H01J37/20

Abstract:
An electron source that can be used stably for a long time even when hexaboride is used, and an electron beam device using the electron source are provided. The invention is directed to an electron source which includes a filament made of a metal, a metal tube that is fixed to the filament and has a plurality of recesses disposed at least in two axial directions so as to surround a central axis at an outer periphery, and a columnar hexaboride tip that emits an electron, is disposed so as to protrude from the inside of the metal tube to a side opposite to the filament, and is in contact with a bottom of each of the plurality of recesses of the metal tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190385809A1 Electron Source and Electron Beam Device Using the Same Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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