SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFLECTING AND FOCUSING A BROAD PLASMA BEAM

    公开(公告)号:DE3171316D1

    公开(公告)日:1985-08-14

    申请号:DE3171316

    申请日:1981-09-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method and system for deflecting a broad ion plasma beam which includes an ion source for forming an ion plasma, an extraction means for extracting a broad ion plasma beam from the ion plasma, and deflection means including a non-grounded surface located in the path of the ion plasam beam and at an angle to the path for deflecting the ion plasma beam to a target material. A grounded, screen grid is located in front of the deflecting means in the path of the ion plasma. The screen grid has openings which permit passage of the ions in the ion plasma, but block passage of the electrons. The plasma beam is deflected by the deflection means and the grounded, screen grid onto the target material for sputter cleaning, deposition and ion milling applications.

    COLD ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:DE3167275D1

    公开(公告)日:1985-01-03

    申请号:DE3167275

    申请日:1981-04-10

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A high brightness, essentially monoenergetic electron source is constructed in solid state material by providing a semiconductor body with an electron confinement barrier over most of the surface, the barrier having a relatively small opening exposing the semiconductor body, in the relatively small opening a material is placed in contact with the semiconductor body that has a work function that is lower than the energy of excited electrons in the semiconductor. In this structure electrons from hole-electron pairs generated in the semiconductor are repelled and recombination is inhibited by the barrier except in the relatively small opening where they are injected into the surrounding environment through the lower work function material. The hole-electron pair generation may be by irradiation or by electrical injection. The electron source is useful for such applications as high brightness sources, digital communications, cathode ray tube electron sources and scanning electron microscopes.

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