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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
MDC Vacuum Products Corp., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1187 / ; 118726 ;
Abstract
An electron beam source provides beam focusing by placing magnets under the crucible. The location of the magnets, operating in conjunction with the remaining magnetic and electromagnetic structure, permits varying sizes of crucibles to be used without redesign of the remainder of the electron beam source.