Patent ID: 6870320

Claim:
Device for ion beam acceleration, comprising: (A) an ion accelerator tank ( 1 ) having a central container axis ( 2 ) for guiding and accelerating a pulsed ion beam ( 3 ) in the container axis ( 2 ), (B) an electron beam pulse formation and amplification device ( 4 ) having an electron beam axis ( 5 ) for microstructuring and amplifying current pulses to supply the device for ion beam acceleration with high-frequency power, characterised in that the electron beam pulse formation and amplification device ( 4 ) is arranged with its electron beam axis ( 5 ) transverse and offset relative to the container axis ( 2 ) and comprises outside the ion accelerator tank ( 1 ) (a) an electron gun ( 6 ), (b) a high-frequency deflector ( 7 ), (c) a d.c. voltage deflector ( 8 ), (d) a collector ( 9 ) having an opposing field, and (e) a post-deflection accelerator ( 10 ) and comprises inside the ion accelerator tank (f) an output coupler ( 11 ) for coupling the power of the electron beam ( 14 ) to a consumer ( 12 ), (g) a main collector ( 13 ) for taking up the residual power of the electron beam ( 14 ), components (a) to (g) of the device being arranged behind one another in the direction of the electron beam ( 14 ).