X-ray generator
US10217598B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J2235/068
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An x-ray generator may include a plurality of electron field emitters; a target material; a plurality of energizable solenoid coils; and an electronic power and timing circuit. The generator may provide electrical current to at least one individual solenoid coil to create a magnetic field to cause the path of electrons emitted from the emitter closest to the energized solenoid coil to be defocused and/or deflected before the electrons reach the target material. The target material may comprise a low atomic number material and a high atomic number material, the high atomic number material being arranged in a regular pattern, such that, in use, the electrons may be aimed at either the high or the low atomic number material.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.