US 11,991,814 B1
Pulsed ion beam to pulsed neutral particle beam slow wave converter device and method for use thereof
Michael J. Zani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); and Mark Bennahmias, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to NexGen Semi Holding, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US)
Filed by NexGen Semi Holding, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/880,631.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,038, filed on May 21, 2019.
Int. Cl. H05H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05H 3/06 (2013.01) 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transforming a bunched charged particle beam into a bunched neutral particle beam, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an originating beam, the originating beam comprising periodic pulses of bunched charged particles defining a period;
introducing the originating beam into a first recombination chamber of a slow wave device, the originating beam being configured to transit the first recombination chamber in a first direction of transit; and
within the first recombination chamber of the slow wave device, directing upon the originating beam a first pulsed neutralizing beam comprising periodic pulses of bunched opposite charged particles having an unlike charge to the charged particles of the originating beam, the first pulsed neutralizing beam being configured to transit the first recombination chamber in a second direction of transit, the cross sections of the originating beam and the first pulsed neutralizing beam at least partially overlapping;
introducing the originating beam into a second recombination chamber, the originating beam being configured to transit the second recombination chamber in a third direction of transit; and
within the second recombination chamber, directing upon the originating beam a second pulsed neutralizing beam comprising periodic pulses of bunched opposite charged particles having an unlike charge to the charged particles of the originating beam, the second neutralizing beam being configured to transit the second recombination chamber in a fourth direction of transit, the cross sections of the originating beam and the second neutralizing beam at least partially overlapping;
wherein the periodic pulses of bunched opposite charged particles of the first and second pulsed neutralizing beam are emitted at an interval substantially the same as, or a harmonic of, the period of the pulses of charged particles of the originating beam.