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Inverter type X-ray apparatus

US4839915A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1988
Grant dateJun 13, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05G1/20
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an inverter type X-ray apparatus comprising an inverter including a plurality of switching elements operated alternately to generate an AC voltage having a rectangular waveform, a high voltage transformer transforming the AC voltage of rectangular waveform into a high AC voltage, a high voltage rectifier circuit rectifying the high AC voltage into a DC voltage, and an X-ray tube to which the DC voltage is applied as a tube voltage, the switching elements are driven to make chopping operation at a frequency high than the inverter drive frequency, and a pattern signal is generated for gradually increasing the duty cycle of the chopping operation in synchronism with the timing of switching over the switching elements.

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