Patents by Inventor Anton Lebeda

Anton Lebeda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High frequency generator for ion and electron sources
    Patent number: 8294370
    Abstract: A device for coupling ionization energy into an ion or electron source, which is excited inductively or inductively-capacitively is provided. The device includes: a discharge vessel for a gas, which is to be ionized; a coupling coil, which is wound around the discharge vessel and feeds in a high frequency energy, which is required for plasma excitation; a coupling capacitor, which is electrically coupled to the coupling coil; a high frequency generator, which is electrically coupled to the coupling coil. The high frequency generator forms, together with the at least one coupling capacitor, a resonant circuit. The high frequency generator includes a PLL controller for automatic impedance matching of the resonant circuit, so that the resonant circuit can be driven at a resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Kadrnoschka, Anton Lebeda, Rainer Killinger, Johann Mueller, Stefan Weis
  • High Frequency Generator for Ion and Electron Sources
    Publication number: 20090058303
    Abstract: A device for coupling ionization energy into an ion or electron source, which is excited inductively or inductively-capacitively is provided. The device includes: a discharge vessel for a gas, which is to be ionized; a coupling coil, which is wound around the discharge vessel and feeds in a high frequency energy, which is required for plasma excitation; a coupling capacitor, which is electrically coupled to the coupling coil; a high frequency generator, which is electrically coupled to the coupling coil. The high frequency generator forms, together with the at least one coupling capacitor, a resonant circuit. The high frequency generator includes a PLL controller for automatic impedance matching of the resonant circuit, so that the resonant circuit can be driven at a resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: ASTRIUM GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Kadrnoschka, Anton Lebeda, Rainer Killinger, Johann Mueller, Stefan Weis