Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast KVP switching employing non-linear inductance and resonant operation
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Application No.: US17795038Application Date: 2021-09-10
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Publication No.: US11770889B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Bernhard Gleich
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Larry Liberchuk
- Priority: EP 195940 2020.09.14
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/074952 2021.09.10
- International Announcement: WO2022/053622A1 2022.03.17
- Date entered country: 2022-07-25
- Main IPC: H05G1/58
- IPC: H05G1/58

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a system and a method for high-voltage switching for a computed tomography apparatus. The system comprises an oscillating circuit with a non-linear inductor and a capacitor. The inductor and the capacitor are connected in series, and the capacitor is connected to a high-voltage line of a high-voltage power supply. The inductor comprises an inductance that decreases with increasing current through the inductor, such that the inductance of the inductor significantly chances during a resonant operation of the oscillating circuit, thereby providing essentially a square voltage applied to the capacitor. The square voltage modulates the high-voltage of the high-voltage generator thus switching high-voltage levels applied to an electrode of a computed tomography system.
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