(WO/2008/103733) GAS IONIZER
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| IPC: | H01J 27/26 (2006.01), H01J 49/16 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | APPLIED NANOTECH, INC. [US/US]; 3006 Longhorn Blvd., Suite 107, Austin, Texas 78758-7631 (US) (All Except US). SIONEX CORPORATION [US/US]; 8-A Preston Court, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 (US) (All Except US). NAZAROV, Erkinjon, G. [US/US]; 58 Emerson Gardens, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (US). FINK, Richard, Lee [US/US]; 9306 Rolling Oaks Trail, Austin, TX 78750 (US) (US Only). KRYLOV, Evgeny [RU/US]; 158 Concord Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821 (US). MARKOSKI, Kenneth, A. [US/US]; 42 Vose Hill Road, Westford, Massachusetts 01886 (US). MILLER, Raanan, A. [US/US]; 27 Intervale Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 (US). | |||||||||||
| Inventors: | NAZAROV, Erkinjon, G.; 58 Emerson Gardens, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (US). FINK, Richard, Lee; 9306 Rolling Oaks Trail, Austin, TX 78750 (US). KRYLOV, Evgeny; 158 Concord Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821 (US). MARKOSKI, Kenneth, A.; 42 Vose Hill Road, Westford, Massachusetts 01886 (US). MILLER, Raanan, A.; 27 Intervale Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | KORDZIK, Kelly, K.; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.O. Box 1022, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1022 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title: | GAS IONIZER |
| Abstract: |  Field emission based ionization sources are provided, with the emitter (305) being a carbon nanotube field emitter. Such emitters can replace Ni-63 beta emitters. Ionization of a gas (308) that is flowed through the gap (310) between the emitter plates (301, 302) is performed by electron capture of the flow of electrons by the molecules in the gas (308). |
WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A method for ionizing a gas comprising: flowing a gas between first and second conductors, the first conductor further comprising a first coating containing nano-structures; and applying a voltage potential between the first and second conductors causing molecules in the gas to form ions, wherein electrons flowing between the molecules and the first conductor are emitted from or captured by the nano-structures.
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