207 results about "Ion acceleration" patented technology

The ion acceleration system or complex (T) for medical and / or other applications is composed in essence by an ion source (1), a pre-accelerator (3) and one or more linear accelerators or linacs (6, 8, 10, 13), at least one of which is mounted on a rotating mechanical gantry-like structure (17). The isocentrical gantry (17) is equipped with a beam delivery system, which can be either ‘active’ or ‘passive’, for medical and / or other applications. The ion source (1) and the pre-accelerator (3) can be either installed on the floor, which is connected with the gantry basement, or mounted, fully or partially, on the rotating mechanical structure (17). The output beam can vary in energy and intensity pulse-by-pulse by adjusting the radio-frequency field in the accelerating modules of the linac(s) and the beam parameters at the input of the linear accelerators.

A system and method of accelerating ions in an accelerator to optimize the energy produced by a light source. Several parameters may be controlled in constructing a target used in the accelerator system to adjust performance of the accelerator system. These parameters include the material, thickness, geometry and surface of the target.

The ion acceleration system or complex (T) for medical and / or other applications is composed in essence by an ion source (1), a pre-accelerator (3) and one or more linear accelerators or linacs (6, 8, 10, 13), at least one of which is mounted on a rotating mechanical gantry-like structure (17). The isocentrical gantry (17) is equipped with a beam delivery system, which can be either ‘active’ or ‘passive’, for medical and / or other applications. The ion source (1) and the pre-accelerator (3) can be either installed on the floor, which is connected with the gantry basement, or mounted, fully or partially, on the rotating mechanical structure (17). The output beam can vary in energy and intensity pulse-by-pulse by adjusting the radio-frequency field in the accelerating modules of the linac(s) and the beam parameters at the input of the linear accelerators.

In an ion implantation system including (a) an ion source (b) a mass analyzing portion, (c) an ion acceleration portion, (d) an ion beam focusing / deflecting portion, and (e) an end station chamber for implanting ions onto a semiconductor substrate. The ion source consists of plural ion sources being connected to the same mass analyzing portion in which any one of the plural ion sources is selected. Mass-separated ions from the ion source are led to the acceleration portion, and a stencil mask is arranged approximately to the semiconductor substrate in the end station chamber.

A system and method of accelerating ions in an accelerator to optimize the energy produced by a light source. Several parameters may be controlled in constructing a target used in the accelerator system to adjust performance of the accelerator system. These parameters include the material, thickness, geometry and surface of the target.

An ion accelerator for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a pulsed ion accelerator positioned proximate to a sample plate and having an electrode that is electrically connected to the sample plate. An accelerator power supply generates an accelerating potential on the ion accelerator electrode that accelerates a pulse of ions generated from the sample positioned on the sample plate. An ion focusing electrode is positioned after the pulsed ion accelerator. A potential applied to the ion focusing electrode focuses the pulse of ions into a substantially parallel beam propagating in an ion flight path. A static ion accelerator is positioned proximate to the ion focusing electrode with an input that receives the pulse of ions focused by the ion focusing electrode. The static ion accelerator accelerating the focused pulse of ions.

The electrode lengths of a plurality of electrodes linearly arranged in an acceleration cavity are proportional to the velocity of a traveling ion beam. Further, the electrode length is so designated that, in each half of a predetermined cycle in the ion beam direction of travel, the absolute value of a difference, relative to a length that is proportional to the beam traveling velocity is equal to or greater than a value corresponding to the phase width of the traveling ion beam, is provided for electrodes that do not exceed three units and that are fewer than electrodes allotted to half the predetermined cycle.

Disclosed is a high-frequency discharge plasma generation-based two-stage Hall-effect plasma accelerator, which comprises an annular acceleration channel having a gas inlet port, a high-frequency wave supply section, an anode, a cathode, a neutralizing electron generation portion and a magnetic-field generation means, wherein: gas introduced from the gas inlet port into the annular acceleration channel is ionized by a high-frequency wave supplied from the high-frequency wave supply section, to generate plasma; a positive ion includes in the generated plasma is accelerated by an acceleration voltage applied between the anode and cathode, and ejected outside; and an electron included in the generated plasma is restricted in its movement in the axial direction of the annular acceleration channel by an interaction with a magnetic field. The two-stage Hall-effect plasma accelerator is designed to control a degree of ion acceleration in accordance with the acceleration voltage serving as an acceleration control parameter, and control an amount of plasma generation in accordance with the high-frequency wave output serving as a plasma-generation control parameter. The two-stage Hall-effect plasma accelerator of the present invention can control the ion acceleration and the plasma generation in a highly independent manner.

The invention discloses a three-level acceleration type spiral plasma propulsion device. The three-level acceleration type spiral wave plasma propulsion device is characterized in that an antenna is connected with an RF (Radio Frequency) power source, the antenna and a discharge chamber are fixedly arranged in a sleeve, and an electromagnetic coil is fixedly arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve in a surrounding way; the rear part of the discharge chamber is provided with a rotating electric field ion acceleration system, and the rotating electric field ion acceleration system comprises four graphite electrodes which are uniformly and symmetrically arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve; the tail end of the rotating electric field ion acceleration system is provided with an electromagnetic spray pipe ion acceleration system, and the electromagnetic spray pipe ion acceleration system comprises a conical expanding spray pipe of which one end is connected with the tail part of the discharge chamber, and the electromagnetic coil. According to the three-level acceleration type spiral plasma propulsion device disclosed by the invention, the rotating electric field acceleration system is adopted for carrying out secondary acceleration on a plasma, acceleration is further carried out through the electromagnetic spray pipe, and a three-level acceleration effect is formed, thus the thrust is generated by efficiently accelerating ions, the work of a propulsor under high power can be realized, the reliable performance of high ion ejecting speed and high propulsion capacity can be realized, wide application prospect is obtained, and a high-performance power platform can be provided for future space technology development.

A mass spectrum unit of accelerator consists of ion source, beam buncher, RFQ accelerator, electronic stripper, high energy analyzing system and detector. It is featured as connecting said unit and system in sequence; accelerating 14C, 12 C and 13C ion separately to be at certain energy for carrying out electronic lift off by R is not equal toQ accelerator in order to eliminate disturbance of molecular ion.

The invention relates to a mass spectrum analyzer, in particular to a mass spectrum VUV (Vacuum Ultraviolet) photoionization source device for in-source collision induced dissociation, which comprises a sample injecting capillary tube, an ion repelling electrode, an ion accelerating electrode, a vacuum ultraviolet lamp, a side pumping valve and an ionization source cavity, wherein the ion repelling electrode and the ion accelerating electrode are placed in the ionization source cavity at interval in parallel, the sample injecting capillary tube passes through the outer wall of the ionization source cavity, and one end of the sample injecting capillary tube is arranged in a central small hole of the ion repelling electrodes; a light emitting window of the vacuum ultraviolet lamp is placed opposite to a gap between the ion repelling electrode and the ion accelerating electrode; and an air outlet is arranged on the side wall of the ionization source cavity, and the side pumping valve is connected with the air outlet through a pipeline. The mass spectrum VUV photoionization source device can be used together with any types of quality analyzers, can simultaneously obtain the molecular weight and the structural information of a matter to be analyzed and also be used for rapidly distinguishing isomerides by utilizing in-source collision induced dissociation.

A system (12) is proposed for the acceleration of ions to treat Atrial Fibrillation (AF), arteriovenous malformations (AVMS) and focal epileptic lesions; this system (12) includes a pulsed ion source (1), a pre-accelerator (3) and one or more linear accelerators or linacs (5, 6, 7) operating at frequencies above 1 GHz with a repetition rate between 1 Hz and 500 Hz. The particle beam coming out of the complex (12) can vary (i) in intensity, (ii) in deposition depth and (iii) transversally with respect to the central beam direction. The possibility of adjusting in a few milliseconds and in three orthogonal directions, the location of each energy deposition in the body of the patient makes that system of accelerators (12) perfectly suited to irradiation of a beating heart.

Magnetically shielded miniature Hall thrusters are disclosed that use a unique magnetic field topology that prevents the magnetic field lines from intersecting the discharge channel walls in the acceleration region of the thruster. Instead, the lines of force originating from both the inner and outer pole pieces curve around the downstream edges of the discharge channel and follow the channel walls towards the anode. This unique field topology results in low electron temperature at the discharge channel walls while eliminating strong electric field components that would otherwise lead to high erosion rates and power deposition from ion acceleration into the channel walls.

The invention relates to a polyolefin multilayer micro porous diaphragm for a lithium ion battery and a preparation method of the polyolefin multilayer micro porous diaphragm. The polyolefin multilayer micro porous diaphragm comprises a polyethylene micro porous layer, wherein an ion acceleration layer is arranged on each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the polyethylene micro porous layer, and a polypropylene micro porous layer is arranged on the outer surface of each ion acceleration layer. According to the polyolefin multilayer micro porous diaphragm, due to the adoption of a five-layer structure, a low hole closing temperature and a high diaphragm breaking temperature of the diaphragm can be provided, thus a safety window of the diaphragm is increased and the good safety performance is provided; and meanwhile, the ion acceleration layers provide low resistance, high electron conduction rate and good solution absorption performance and solution maintaining performance of the diaphragm, thus the charge-discharge power and the cycle service life of the lithium ion battery can be improved; and the ion acceleration layers have micro porous net-shaped structures and have excellent lyophilic performance and adhering performance, the ion transmission performance of the diaphragm is improved when all layers of the multilayer micro porous diaphragm are well compounded, and good gas permeability is kept.

A system for ion acceleration for medical purposes includes a conventional or superconducting cyclotron, a radiofrequency linear accelerator (Linac), a Medium Energy Beam Transport line (MEBT) connected, at the low energy side, to the exit of the cyclotron, and at the other side, to the entrance of the linear radiofrequency accelerator, as well as a High Energy Beam Transport line (HEBT) connected at high energy side to the radiofrequency linear accelerator exit and at the other end, to a system for the dose distribution to the patient. The high operation frequency of the Linac allows for reduced consumption and a remarkable compactness facilitating its installation in hospital structures. The use of a modular LINAC allows varying in active way the energy and the current of the therapeutic beam, having a small emittance and a time structure adapted to the dose distribution based on the technique known as the “spot scanning”.

A magnet structure for use in a circular ion accelerator, such as e.g. a synchrocyclotron comprises a cold-mass structure including superconducting magnetic coils (20, 25), at least one dry cryocooler unit (10, 11, 12, 13) coupled with the cold-mass structure for cooling the latter and a magnetic yoke structure (30) with a return yoke (35) configured radially around said coils (20, 25). The return yoke (35) comprises an opening in which said dry cryocooler unit (10, 11, 12, 13) is received so as to be in thermal contact with said cold-mass structure.

A tandem mass spectrometer is provided in the present invention. The mass spectrometer includes an ion source, a quadrupole mass filter located at downstream side of the ion source, a linear ion trap disposed at downstream side of the mass filter and an ion detector placed on the side of the ion trap, all of which are placed in a vacuum environment. The instrument can obtain MS meeting the standard spectral library search criteria by the quadrupole mass filter cooperating with linear ion trap, realize any multi-stage MS under two modes of axial collision and resonance excitation, and predict and optimize the inflow amount and types of samples under the ion trap analysis mode by the quadrupole. A tandem MS analysis method is also provided, which can repeatedly provide precursor ion selection, ion acceleration, achieve high-energy collision dissociation, low product ion mass discrimination effect.

A shift of mass axis that occurs when the temperature of a vacuum container consisting of a vacuum chamber (15) and IT block (16) or that of a TOF power unit (20) for applying an ion acceleration voltage is changed, is respectively measured beforehand, and parameters expressing a transfer function based on its response are stored in a transfer function memory (24). During an analysis, a mass shift predicting operation section (25) estimates the current shift length of the mass axis from the current temperatures of the IT block (16) and TOF power unit (20) obtained by first and second temperature sensors (34 and 35) as well as from the two transfer functions stored in the memory (24). A mass shift correcting section (29) corrects the mass axis of the mass spectrum according to the estimated shift length. Thus, if the ambient temperature suddenly changes, the shift of the mass axis of the mass spectrum due to the temperature change is corrected with high accuracy, so that a mass spectrum with a high level of mass accuracy can be created.

A tandem TOF mass spectrometer includes a pulsed ion source that generates a pulse of precursor ions from a sample to be analyzed. A first pulsed ion accelerator accelerates and refocuses a predetermined group of precursor ions. A first timed ion passes the predetermined group of precursor ions and rejects substantially all other ions. An ion fragmentation chamber fragments at least some of the precursor ions in the predetermined group. A second timed ion selector selects a predetermined range of masses centered on each precursor in the predetermined group and rejects substantially all other ions. A second pulsed ion accelerator accelerates and refocuses the selected precursor ions and fragments thereof. An ion mirror generates a reflected ion beam. An ion detector detects precursor ions and fragments, wherein a flight time from the second pulsed ion accelerator to the ion detector is dependent on a mass-to-charge ratio of the selected precursor ions and fragments thereof and nearly independent of an initial velocity distribution of ions in the pulse of ions.

The invention discloses an ion thruster based on the radio frequency self-bias principle, which comprises an ionization chamber, a radio frequency antenna, an acceleration grid device, etc. The ionization chamber is used for providing a closed area for ionization of a gas working medium and plasma formation, a radio frequency source and power distribution and matching system is arranged outside the ionization chamber, the radio frequency antenna is arranged on the top surface of the ionization chamber, and is isolated from the ionization chamber by quartz glass, a plurality of working medium input channels are uniformly distributed on the side surface of the ionization chamber, and the acceleration grid device is arranged on the bottom surface of the ionization chamber, and comprises a screen grid and an acceleration grid arranged in parallel from the inside to the outside in turn. One end of the radio frequency source and power distribution and matching system is connected with the radio frequency antenna, and the other end is connected with the screen grid of the acceleration grid device through an isolation capacitor. As the positive ion acceleration and the electron extractionare carries out through the radio frequency self-biasing effect, the plume quasi-neutrality can be ensured without a neutralizer, the effect of space charge on the thruster can be reduced, and the overall performance and the operation stability of the thruster are improved.

A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a sample plate that supports a sample for analysis. A pulsed ion source generates a pulse of ions from the sample positioned on the sample plate. An ion accelerator receives the pulse of ions generated by the pulsed ion source and accelerates the ions. An ion detector includes an input in a flight path of the accelerated ions emerging from the field-free drift space and an output that is electrically connected to the sample plate. The ion detector converts the detected ions into a pulse of electrons.

An ion source includes a chamber. The ion source further includes a first hollow cathode having a first hollow cathode cavity and a first plasma exit orifice and a second hollow cathode having a second hollow cathode cavity and a second plasma exit orifice. The first and second hollow cathodes are disposed adjacently in the chamber. The ion source further includes a first ion accelerator between and in communication with the first plasma exit orifice and the chamber. The first ion accelerator forms a first ion acceleration cavity. The ion source further includes a second ion accelerator between and in communication with the second plasma orifice and the chamber. The second ion accelerator forms a second ion acceleration cavity. The first hollow cathode and the second hollow cathode are configured to alternatively function as electrode and counter-electrode to generate a plasma. Each of the first ion acceleration cavity and the second ion acceleration cavity are sufficient to enable the extraction and acceleration of ions.

The invention relates to the technical field of ion acceleration equipment, in particular to a mixed ion acceleration device. The device comprises a cavity, a radio frequency quadrupole field and a drift tube are arranged on the same center line in the cavity, a foundation plate is correspondingly arranged on the joint of the radio frequency quadrupole field and the drift tube, two T-shaped plates are symmetrically arranged in the cavity in an up-down mode, the two ends of the cavity are provided with end plates, the radio frequency quadrupole field comprises two bar type electrodes, the two adjacent bar type electrodes are installed on the T-shaped plates through an electrode support and an electrode support supporting rod, and electrode supporting contact parts are arranged between the electrode support and the bar type electrodes. The drift tube is of a multi-segment structure, each segment of drift tube is installed on the corresponding T-shaped plate through a drift tube supporting rod, the gap between every two adjacent drift tubes is of an interactive phase bunching structure, and the drift tube supporting rods are designed in an interdigitated H type. By means of the device, a lot of space and cost are saved, and the device is more economical and practical and has high transmission efficiency, high gradient acceleration ability and high power acceleration efficiency.

The invention relates to time-of-flight mass spectrometers which operate with pulsed ionization of superficially adsorbed analyte substances and with an improvement in the mass resolution by means of a time-delayed start of the ion acceleration; in particular with ion-accelerating voltages which change over time after a delayed start in order to obtain a constant mass resolution over broad mass ranges. Since the varying acceleration produces a broadening of the ion beam at right angles to the direction of flight, and this broadening increases with the ion mass, the invention proposes to compensate, to the desired extent, for the broadening of the ion beam with the aid of an additional ion-optical lens whose voltage is also varied over time. The invention also relates to measurement methods therefor.

The invention relates to the technical field of frequency control over high-frequency cavities of ion acceleration devices, in particular to an automatic frequency tuning control system, which comprises a drift tube high-frequency resonant cavity, wherein preset tuners are inserted into the cavity; a sampling ring arranged in the cavity is connected with an oscilloscope for displaying a voltage signal sampled from the cavity through a sampling line; driving motors are arranged on the tuners, and are connected with a control computer through a control line; the tuners are connected with the cavity through flanges; the control computer is used for determining a frequency difference between the design frequency of the cavity and the actual frequency of the cavity to control the driving motor to work through a voltage-to-frequency conversion algorithm. The automatic frequency tuning control system is applied to any high-frequency device required to work at stable frequency or any high-frequency system consisting of a plurality of high-frequency cavities, and can be used for remotely, rapidly and automatically tuning the frequency of the cavity or stabilizing the frequency of the cavity within a certain amplitude.

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing film member for laser-driven ion acceleration, a film target, and a method of manufacturing the same, so that only the film member exists at a laser focusing point on the film target, allowing repeated ion acceleration from the film member by focusing high power laser beams thereon. The method includes preparing a film member solution containing a film material to be used for laser-driven ion acceleration; forming a film member on a base substrate by using the film member solution; and separating the film member from the base substrate by dipping the base substrate having the film member formed thereon into a film parting solvent.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an accelerator that can accelerate by itself all ions up to any energy level allowed by the magnetic fields for beam guiding, and provides an all-ion accelerator in which with trigger timing and a charging time of an induced voltage applied to an ion beam injected from a preinjector by induction cells for confinement and acceleration used in an induction synchrotron, digital signal processors for confinement and acceleration and pattern generators for confinement and acceleration generate gate signal patterns for confinement and acceleration on the basis of a passage signal of the ion beam and an induced voltage signal for indicating the value of the induced voltage applied to the ion beam, and intelligent control devices for confinement and acceleration perform feedback control of on / off of the induction cells for confinement and acceleration.

The main voltage generator (5) applies a rectangular-wave radio-frequency voltage to the ring electrode (21) in order to capture ions inside the ion trap (2). In the case where the TOFMS (3) is operated in the reflectron mode, the radio-frequency voltage is changed into a constant voltage value when the phase thereof is 1.5π, and a voltage for expelling ions is applied to the end cap electrodes (22, 23) to expel the ions from the exit aperture (25) and introduce them into the TOFMS (3). In this case, since the velocity spread of the ions inside the ion trap (2) is small and so is the spatial spread thereof, a high mass resolution and accuracy can be achieved while assuring a high detection sensitivity. In the case where the TOFMS (3) is operated in the linear mode, the radio-frequency voltage is changed into a constant voltage value when the phase thereof is 0.5π, and then the ions are expelled. In this case, a high mass resolution and mass accuracy can be achieved since the variation of the ions' acceleration, which cannot be converged in the linear mode, can be suppressed.