Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray generation device and X-ray image capture system
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Application No.: US17211079Application Date: 2021-03-24
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Publication No.: US11244801B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Kazuya Tsujino , Yoichi Ando
- Applicant: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Main IPC: H01J35/00
- IPC: H01J35/00 ; H01J35/14 ; H01J35/08 ; G01N23/04

Abstract:
An X-ray generation device includes a cathode including an electron source generating an electron beam, an anode including a target to transmit an X-ray generated by collision of the electron beam, and a convergence electrode converging the electron beam toward the target. The target has a first region having a locally small thickness and a second region having a larger thickness than the first region. The X-ray generation device further includes a deflection unit to switch an incident position of the electron beam between the first region and the second region. The deflection unit has an adjustment mode to adjust an X-ray focal spot diameter and an X-ray generation mode to generate an X-ray, the electron beam is caused to enter the first region in the adjustment mode, and the electron beam is caused to enter the second region in the X-ray generation mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210233734A1 X-RAY GENERATION DEVICE AND X-RAY IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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