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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexandre Likhanskii, Malden, MA (US);
Frank Sinclair, Boston, MA (US);
Shengwu Chang, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a main chamber; an entrance tunnel having a propagation axis extending into the main chamber along a first direction; an exit tunnel, connected to the main chamber and defining an exit direction. The entrance tunnel and the exit tunnel may define a beam bend of at least 30 degrees therebetween. The apparatus may include an electrode assembly, disposed in the main chamber, and defining a beam path between the entrance tunnel and the exit aperture, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a lower electrode, disposed on a first side of the beam path, and a plurality of electrodes, disposed on a second side of the beam path, the plurality of electrodes comprising at least five electrodes.