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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Kelvin G. Lynn, Pullman, WA (US);
Marc H. Weber, Pullman, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kelvin G. Lynn, Pullman, WA (US);
Marc H. Weber, Pullman, WA (US);
Assignee:
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/42 (2006.01); H01J 49/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/424 (2013.01); H01J 49/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Micromachined holes in stacks of silicon wafers can be used to define high aspect ratio charged particle storage volumes. Each wafer can define a section of a tubular trap, and electric fields in each wafer can be controlled independently so that charged particles can be stored and shuttled among the sections.