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Compact e-beam source for generating X-rays

US7660391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

L-3 Communications Security & Detection Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Boris Oreper · Newton, US
Richard F. Eilbert · Lincoln, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2007
Grant date	Feb 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J2235/086
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Various novel apparatuses and methods for generating X-rays are disclosed. In some embodiments, for example, an apparatus may be configured and arranged so that, for at least one interception point on a particular portion of a scan path on a surface of a target along which a steering element steers an accelerated electron beam (e-beam), both an angle and its complement between a line corresponding to a direction in which the accelerated e-beam is traveling at the interception point and a line oriented normal to the surface of the target at such interception point are greater than forty five degrees.

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