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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J Nowak, Dexter, MI (US);
James E Rice, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald R Bianco, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Bendix Corporation, Teterboro, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313348 ; 313349 ;
Abstract
A grid gates a stream of ions when a D.C. potential is applied between two sets of interdigitated wires included in the grid to produce a D.C. field. The improved grid disclosed herein contains the two sets of interdigitated wires in a single plane so that the D.C. field is precisely normal to the ion current flow direction to prevent a residual ion current flow when the grid provides the gating effect.