Patent ID: 9695507
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: C23C,H05H

Claim:
1. An automatic lithium target regenerating apparatus designed to regenerate lithium of a lithium target, the lithium target regenerating apparatus comprising: a lithium vapor deposition evaporation source movably coupled to a main body, a lithium film thickness measurement sensor movably coupled to the main body, a switching mechanism comprising a rotary drive, a linear drive, or both, operably coupled to the main body to move each of the lithium vapor deposition evaporation source and the lithium film thickness measurement sensor into a single lithium target side position and out of the single lithium target side position and away from the lithium target, wherein, when the switching mechanism moves the lithium vapor deposition evaporation source into the single lithium target side position, the lithium film thickness measurement sensor is positioned outside the single lithium target side position and away from the lithium target by the switching mechanism, and the lithium vapor deposition evaporation source is positioned to vapor-deposit the lithium on the lithium target, and wherein, when the switching mechanism moves the lithium film thickness measurement sensor into the single lithium target side position, the lithium vapor deposition evaporation source is positioned outside the single lithium target side position and away from the lithium target by the switching mechanism, and the lithium film thickness measurement sensor is positioned to measure a film thickness of the lithium.