Splitter 1

# 1. System overview:

This document summarizes essential details for materials, setup, and operation. This is for transcription, archival, and research purposes only. It is based on an old patent and is not intended as a finished product.
Operating conditions described require specialized handling and safety precautions, and the descriptions outlined here do not constitute a recommendation or endorsement to build or operate the device. Attempts to replicate or build upon these models are entirely at your own risk.

**Source patent:**
- **Shoulders, Kenneth R.** _U.S. Patent No. 5,123,039_. Issued June 16, 1992.
- Image: Fig 29 & Fig 30
- Text: **FROM** Column 28 line 32 **UNTIL** Column 30 line 44

## 1.1. Purpose
**Basic Function:**
A splitter is a piece of dielectric shaped in such a way as to conduct an EV emission (cluster) normally, and split off a part of it into a separate channel.
Splitting off of EV subunits from a single emission can happen to different degrees. A si