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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Gard E. Meddaugh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark E. Trail, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Whittum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gard E. Meddaugh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark E. Trail, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Whittum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Varian Medical Systems Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An accelerator for accelerating a particle beam includes a main body having a plurality of electromagnetic cavities coupled in series, and a first coupling body having a first side cavity coupled to one of the electromagnetic cavities through a first opening, and to another of the electromagnetic cavities through a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening have different configurations. The accelerator further includes a pair of conductive capacitively coupled noses secured to side walls of the first coupling body, wherein the pair of noses have equal lengths.