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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Harvey D. Loucks, Jr., La Honda, CA (US);

James L. Bertsch, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michael Ugarov, San Jose, CA (US);

William E. Barry, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yevgeny Kaplun, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Harvey D. Loucks, Jr., La Honda, CA (US);

James L. Bertsch, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Michael Ugarov, San Jose, CA (US);

William E. Barry, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yevgeny Kaplun, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/147 (2006.01); H01J 37/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/045 (2013.01); H01J 37/147 (2013.01); G21K 1/04 (2013.01); H01J 49/067 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein is an ion slicer that: a) accelerates an ion beam towards a first electrode comprising an ion entrance slit, where the first electrode blocks a portion of ions with high displacement from the axis of the ion beam, thereby slicing the ion beam; and then b) decelerates the ion beam after it is sliced.


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