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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Airbus Ds Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;
Franz Georg Hey, Constance, DE;
Christopher Groll, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Airbus DS GmbH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Abstract
An ion sensor comprises an electron repelling electrode to be placed at a negative electric potential, and an ion repelling electrode to be placed at a variable positive electric potential. The electron repelling electrode is formed by a diaphragm element having a diaphragm opening for the passage of an ion beam. The ion repelling electrode forms a blind hole which faces the diaphragm opening with its open hole end and the hole surface of which forms a collector face for detecting impinging ions. With such an ion sensor it is possible, for example, to test the energy spectrum of the ions contained in an exhaust plasma plume of an ion thruster.