Ion reflection comprising flexible printed circuit board

本发明公开了一种利用精密印刷电路板设计和物理多样性的薄柔性电路板基片以产生一种新的类型的离子反射器。在平板的柔性电路板基片蚀刻有一系列精确定义的薄导电带。最好是，在柔性电路板基片的一端，薄导电带被进一步地分离并更加向基片的另一端靠近。然后柔性电路板基片被卷成一个管以形成反射器体，其导电带形成离子反射器的环。在导电带之间的距离，以及环的间隔可以在蚀刻期间通过调整在柔性电路板基片上的导线分布而方便地改变。通过调整环之间的间隔，离子反射器建立的电场的特性可以根据用户的需要而方便地定制。 A novel technique utilizing the precision of printed circuit board design and the physical versatility of thin, flexible substrates is disclosed to produce a new type of ion reflector. A precisely defined series of thin conductive strips (traces) are etched onto a flat, flexible circuit board substrate. Preferably, the thin conductive strips are further apart at one end of the substrate and get increasingly closer towards the other end of the substrate. The flexible substrate is then rolled into a tube to form the reflector body, with the conductive strips forming the rings of the ion reflector. The spacing between the traces, and hence the ring spacing, can be readily varied by adjusting the conductor pattern on the substrate sheet during the etching process. By adjusting the spacing between the rings, the characteristics of the field created by the reflectron can be easily customized to the needs of the user.