Target structure used for generating charged particle beam, method of manufacturing the same and medical appliance using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9033964-B2
Application number	US-201113822378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Oct 6, 2010
Publication date	May 19, 2015
Grant date	May 19, 2015

Abstract

Provided are a target structure used for generating a charged particle beam, a method of manufacturing the same, and a medical appliance using the same. The target structure includes a target layer and a support having a through hole used as a progressing path of a laser beam or a charged particle beam.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A target structure comprising:
a target layer having a first surface irradiated by a laser beam and a second surface emitting a charged particle beam;
a support having a through hole used as a progressing path of the laser beam or the charged particle beam; and
an intermediate layer disposed between the target layer and the support,
wherein the intermediate layer has an intermediate through hole exposing the target layer and the intermediate through hole is aligned to the through hole of the support.

2. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the through hole is used as the progressing path of the laser beam.

3. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the through hole is used as the progressing path of the charged particle beam.

4. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the target layer is formed to a thickness range of about 0.001 μm to about 10 μm, and the support comprises at least one of silicon, sapphire, diamond, quartz, glass, ceramic materials, or metallic materials and is formed to a thickness of at least about 100 μm.

5. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the support comprises a material having a single crystal structure, and a surface of the support is a (100) plane.

6. The target structure of claim 5 , wherein the through hole comprises a region having a width that gradually increases away from the target layer.

7. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the target layer comprises at least one inert metal.

8. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the target layer comprises at least one of inert metals, aluminum, titanium, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polyimide, photoresist, or hydrogenated amorphous silicon.

9. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the target layer comprises a first target layer and a second target layer formed of materials different from each other,
wherein the first target layer constitutes the first surface irradiated by the laser beam and the second target layer constitutes the second surface emitting the charged particle beam.

10. The target structure of claim 9 , wherein the first target layer is formed of at least one metallic material and the second target layer is formed of at least one of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polyimide, photoresist, or hydrogenated amorphous silicon.

11. The target structure of claim 1 , wherein the second surface comprises a plurality of emitting patterns.

Assignees

• Cho Seong-Mok
• Jung Moon Youn
• Kim Seunghwan
• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Cho Seong-Mok
• Jung Moon Youn
• Kim Seunghwan

Classifications

• G21K5/04 Primary

  with beam-forming means · CPC title

• H05H6/00

  Targets for producing nuclear reactions (supports for targets or objects to be irradiated G21K5/08 {; preparation of tritium C01B4/00; targets, e.g. pellets for fusion reactions by laser or charged particles beam injection H05H1/22}) · CPC title

• A61B18/201

  with beam delivery through a hollow tube, e.g. forming an articulated arm (through a flexible conduit A61B18/22); Hand-pieces therefor · CPC title

• A61N2005/1088

  generated by laser radiation · CPC title

• A61N5/1077 Primary

  Beam delivery systems · CPC title