US 12,267,942 B2
Cooling plate assembly for plasma windows positioned in a beam accelerator system
Tye Gribb, Fitchburg, WI (US); and Preston Barrows, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to SHINE Technologies, LLC, Janesville, WI (US)
Filed by SHINE Technologies, LLC, Janesville, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,975.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107653 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H05H 6/00 (2006.01); G21G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H05H 6/00 (2013.01) [G21G 1/10 (2013.01); H05H 2006/002 (2013.01); H05H 2242/10 (2013.01); H05H 2277/116 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beam accelerator system operable to produce a medical isotope, the beam accelerator system comprising:
an ion accelerator that generates a high-energy ion beam;
a low-pressure chamber;
an anode adjacent and fluidly connected to the low-pressure chamber;
a plasma window adjacent and fluidly connected to the anode; and
a cathode housing adjacent and fluidly connected to the plasma window, wherein
the plasma window comprises a plurality of plates, each plate comprises an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in one or more adjacent plate to form a plasma channel, and
one or more plate in the plurality of plates comprises:
a unitary plate having an aperture therein; and
one or more cooling channels entering the unitary plate at a first side of the unitary plate and exiting the unitary plate at a second side of the unitary plate,
wherein the one or more cooling channels run through a thickness of the unitary plate.