ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,967, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Eagle Harbor Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Ion current droop compensation" was invented by Christopher Bowman (Seattle), Connor Liston (Seattle), Kenneth Miller (Seattle) and Timothy Ziemba (Bainbridge Island, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse generator is disclosed. The pulse generator includes a DC source; a plurality of switches, a transformer; and a pulsing output. The pulse generator can be coupled with a plasma chamber. The pulsing output outputs high voltage pulses having a peak-to-peak voltage greater than 1 kV and a voltage portion between consecutive high voltage bipolar puls...