摘要:
When an emission current is changed, a decrease in brightness of an electron beam is prevented. An electron gun includes a cathode that emits thermoelectrons, a Wehnelt electrode that focuses the thermoelectrons, a control electrode that extracts the thermoelectrons from a distal end of said cathode, an anode that accelerates the thermoelectrons and irradiates a powder with the thermoelectrons as an electron beam, and an optimum condition collection controller that changes at least one of a bias voltage to be applied to the Wehnelt electrode and a control electrode voltage to be applied to the control electrode, and decides a combination of the bias voltage and the control electrode voltage at which the brightness of the electron beam reaches a peak.
摘要:
An electron gun includes a cathode (1), a bias electrode (4a,4b), and an anode (6) disposed along a common axis in order thereof. In the electron gun, an electron emitting surface of the cathode has such an aspherical shape that brightness of a crossover is more uniform than that in a case that both a first region including a point on the axis and a second region located outside the first region have a first radius of curvature.
摘要:
An electron beam gun with an arched shaped beam former as an integral part of a massive cathode block which conducts heat away from the beam former and with a filament mounted to the cathode block for improved alignment.
摘要:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Elektronenkanone mit einer linienförmigen Glühkathode (11) in einem Kathodenblock, der über Hochspannungsisolatoren (3) mit Abstand zu einer Beschleunigungsanode (1) angeordnet ist und einen Rahmen (2) aufweist, der zwei Kathodenhalter (8, 17) aufnimmt, von denen einer (8) über eine stromführende, die Glühkathode (11) spannende Blattfederanordnung (7) und einen Isolator (4) am Rahmen (2) gehalten ist, wobei eine die Glühkathode (11) übergreifende und achsparallel zu dieser angeordnete Fokussierelektrode (20) vorgesehen ist. Hierbei sind die mit einer Klemme zum Anlegen eines Fokussierpotentials verbundene Fokussierelektrode (20) über eine erste starre stromleitende Platte (21) und den Isolator (4) und der zweite Kathodenhalter (17) über eine zweite starre stromleitende Platte (16) am Rahmen (2) befestigt, wobei die Glühkathode (11) in der Vertikalebene durch die Längsachse der Fokussierelektrode (20) durch Verstellung der Blattfederanordnung (7) und der zweiten Platte (16) im Relativabstand gegenüber der Beschleunigungsanode (1) und der Fokussierelektrode (20) einstellbar ist.
摘要:
A thermoionic emissive cathode formed from a sintered mixture of at least one high melting point refractory and ion sintered durable substance selected from a group consisting of a metal having melting point equal to or higher than 2400°C, an alloy containing the metal as a main constituent thereof, a carbide of the metal, a boride of the metal, zirconium carbide and zirconium boride and at least one electron emissive substance having low work function, selected from borides or oxides of a metal selected from a group consisting of lanthanum, yttrium, cerium and cesium, said sintered mixture being prepared by heating and pressing, is used in an electron beam apparatus. In this electron beam apparatus, it is possible to stably irradiate electron beam with heating temperature of the thermoionic emissive cathode being about 1500°C to 1800°C under a vacuum pressure in the range of 10⁻² to 10⁻³ Pa.
摘要:
The invention relates to an electron gun (101, 201) used in a particle beam device, for example in an electron microscope. The electron gun (101, 201) has a relatively good brightness and may be operated under vacuum conditions which can be easily achieved (i.e., for example, at a residual pressure of about 10 -6 or 10 -7 mbar). The electron gun (101, 201) comprises an electron source (300) having an electron emission surface (306). Furthermore, the electron gun (101, 201) comprises a first electrode (301) configured to control a path of electrons emitted from the electron emission surface (306), a second electrode (304) which is configured to suppress emissions of electrons from a side surface of the electron source (300) and a third electrode (305) configured to accelerate electrons emitted from the electron source (300) to a final energy. A first voltage, a second voltage and a third voltage are adjusted to avoid any crossover of electrons emitted from the electron emission surface (306).
摘要:
When an emission current is changed, a decrease in brightness of an electron beam is prevented. An electron gun includes a cathode that emits thermoelectrons, a Wehnelt electrode that focuses the thermoelectrons, a control electrode that extracts the thermoelectrons from a distal end of said cathode, an anode that accelerates the thermoelectrons and irradiates a powder with the thermoelectrons as an electron beam, and an optimum condition collection controller that changes at least one of a bias voltage to be applied to the Wehnelt electrode and a control electrode voltage to be applied to the control electrode, and decides a combination of the bias voltage and the control electrode voltage at which the brightness of the electron beam reaches a peak.