Patent · US Expired

X-ray source which emits fluorescent X-rays

US6141400A · kind A · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Schardt · Simmerath, DE
Erich Hell · Erlangen, DE
Detlef Mattern · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 1999
Grant date	Oct 31, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J2235/086
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fluorescent X-ray emitting source has an unfocused, omni-directionally radiating electron source and an anode target for the generation of X-ray bremsstrahlung, which releases mono-energetic X-rays in a fluorescent target. The electron source and the fluorescent target are arranged in a vacuum housing with an X-ray exit window. The housing has an interior wall surface forming the anode target and the fluorescent target is aligned with the X-ray exit window.

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