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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Bryan Barnard, East Grinstead, GB;
Inventor:
Bryan Barnard, East Grinstead, GB;
Assignee:
VG Systems Limited, East Grinstead, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 27/02 (2006.01); H01J 23/06 (2006.01); H01J 37/317 (2006.01); H01J 37/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switchable ion gun switchable between a cluster mode setting for producing an ion beam substantially comprising ionised gas clusters and an atomic mode setting for producing an ion beam substantially comprising ionised gas atoms, comprising: