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X-ray micro-target source

US7308078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateJan 31, 2006
Grant dateDec 11, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2235/1204
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

X-ray generation apparatus including an elongated target body and a mount from which the body projects to a tip remote from the mount. The target body includes a substance that, on being irradiated by a beam of electrons of suitable energy directed onto the target body from laterally of the elongate target body, generates a source of x-ray radiation from a volume of interaction of the electron beam with the target body. The mount provides a heat sink for the target body.

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