Patent ID: 8193513

Claim:
A hybrid ion source, comprising: a source body configured to create ion plasma therein from a first material, wherein the first material comprises one of monatomic gases, small molecule gases, large molecule gases, reactive gases, and solids; a low power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body; a high power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body; an extraction aperture configured to extract ions of the ion plasma from the source body; and a controller configured to selectively activate the low power plasma generation component and the high power plasma generation component based on a selected mode of operation, wherein when the selected mode of operation is a low power mode, only the low power plasma generation component is activated, wherein when the selected mode of operation is a high power clean mode, only the high power plasma generation component is activated, and wherein when the selected mode of operation is a standard high power mode, both the high power plasma generation component and low power plasma generation component are activated.