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(11) EP 0 317 620 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
31.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/22

(21) Application number: 88906265.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.05.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01J 37/ 08( . )
H01J 27/ 26( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1988/001650
(87) International publication number:
WO 1988/009562 (01.12.1988 Gazette 1988/26)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 22.05.1987 US 19870053325

(71) Applicants:
  • Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
    Beaverton, OR 97006-1999 (US)
  • Hughes Aircraft Company
    Los Angeles California 90045-0066 (US)
  • BOZACK, Michael J.
    Aloha, OR 97007 (US)
  • SWANSON, Lynwood W.
    Portland, OR 97225 (US)
  • BELL, Anthony E.
    McMinnville, OR 97128 (US)
  • CLARK, M. Jr.
    Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (US)
  • UTLAUT, Mark W.
    Saugus, CA 91350 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • STORMS, Edmund, K.
    Los Alamos, NM 87544 (US)
  • Bozack, Michael J.
    Aloha, OR 97007 (US)
  • Swanson, Lynwood W.
    Portland, OR 97225 (US)
  • Bell, Anthony E.
    McMinnville, OR 97128 (US)
  • Clark, M., Jr.
    Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (US)
  • Utlaut, Mark W.
    Saugus, CA 91350 (US)

(74) Representative: Dickel, Klaus, Dipl.-Ing. 
Herrnstrasse 15
D-80539 München
D-80539 München (DE)

   


(54) ENHANCED-WETTING, BORON-BASED LIQUID-METAL ION SOURCE AND METHOD