X-Ray Tube Insulation, Window, and Focusing Plate

    公开(公告)号:US20220013321A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17477022

    申请日:2021-09-16

    Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.

    Abstract: X-ray transparent insulation can be sandwiched between an x-ray window and a ground plate. The x-ray transparent insulation can include aluminum nitride, boron nitride, or polyetherimide. The x-ray transparent insulation can include a curved side. The x-ray transparent insulation can be transparent to x-rays and resistant to x-ray damage, and can have high thermal conductivity. An x-ray window can have high thermal conductivity, high electrical conductivity, high melting point, low cost, and matched coefficient of thermal conductivity with the anode. The x-ray window can be made of tungsten. For consistent x-ray spot size and location, a focusing plate and a filament can be attached to a cathode with an open channel of the focusing plate aligned with a longitudinal dimension of the filament. Tabs of the focusing plate bordering the open channel can be bent to align with a location of the filament.

    X-RAY GENERATION USING ELECTRON BEAM

    公开(公告)号:US20210319971A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US16846401

    申请日:2020-04-13

    Abstract: An X-ray generation apparatus includes an electron gun emitting an electron beam having a circular cross-sectional shape, a magnetic focusing lens located downstream of the electron gun and focusing the electron beam while rotating the electron beam around an axis along a first direction, a magnetic quadrupole lens located downstream of the magnetic focusing lens and deforming the cross-sectional shape of the electron beam into an elliptical shape having a major axis along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a minor axis along a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and a target located downstream of the magnetic quadrupole lens and emitting an X-ray in response to incidence of the electron beam.

    ALIGNED GRAIN STRUCTURE TARGETS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF FORMING

    公开(公告)号:US20210193426A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16723576

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Inventor: Michael Snow

    Abstract: Some embodiments include an x-ray system, comprising: a support structure including a mounting surface; a target attached to the support structure on the mounting surface; wherein the target has a grain structure having a first dimension along an axis perpendicular to the mounting surface is longer than a longest dimension along any axis parallel to the mounting surface.

    MULTI-PIXEL X-RAY SOURCE WITH TUNGSTEN-DIAMOND TRANSMISSION TARGET

    公开(公告)号:US20210151273A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US17091744

    申请日:2020-11-06

    Abstract: A multi-pixel x-ray source is provided. The x-ray source includes a plurality of transmission target assemblies. The transmission target assembly includes a tungsten target and a diamond substrate. The substrate includes a first transmission surface and a second transmission surface opposite first transmission surface. The substrate further includes a first side surface and a second side surface disposed between the first and second transmission surfaces. The target covers the first transmission surface of the substrate. The transmission target assembly further includes a base. The base surrounds the first and second side surfaces of substrate, exposing a collimator surface of the second transmission surface and the target. The transmission target assembly is configured to transmit x-ray generated by the target through the target and the substrate.

    X-ray tube
    26.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10943759B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16380224

    申请日:2019-04-10

    Abstract: An X-ray tube includes a vacuum housing, an electron gun, and an anode that includes a target emitting X-rays and a target supporting portion supporting the target. The target supporting portion has an anode main body portion and a protrusion portion including a side surface portion. The anode main body portion includes an outer circumferential surface extending in a direction of a tube axis, and a connection portion formed between the side surface portion of the protrusion portion and the outer circumferential surface. An angle formed by the outer circumferential surface and the connection portion is an obtuse angle.

    X-ray tube and X-ray generation device

    公开(公告)号:US10910191B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-02

    申请号:US16485840

    申请日:2018-02-26

    Inventor: Kazutaka Suzuki

    Abstract: An X-ray tube includes: a vacuum housing configured to include an internal space which is vacuum; a target unit configured to be disposed in the internal space, and include a target that generates an X-ray by using an electron beam incident therein, and a target support unit that supports the target, the X-ray generated by the target being transmitted through the target support unit; an X-ray emission window configured to be so provided as to face the target support unit, and seal an opening of the vacuum housing, the X-rays transmitted through the target support unit being transmitted through the X-ray emission window; an elastic member configured to press the target unit in such a direction as to approach the X-ray emission window; and a target shift unit configured to shift the target unit pressed by the elastic member in a direction crossing an incidence direction of the electron beam.

    Monochromatic x-ray imaging systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10818467B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16272818

    申请日:2019-02-11

    Inventor: Eric H. Silver

    Abstract: According to some aspects, a monochromatic x-ray source is provided. The monochromatic x-ray source comprises an electron source configured to generate electrons, a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target, and a secondary target comprising at least one layer of material capable of producing monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to incident broadband x-ray radiation emitted by the primary target.

    X-ray generating apparatus
    29.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10813203B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US16311131

    申请日:2017-09-28

    Abstract: In an X-ray generating apparatus 101 in which an X-ray tube 102 is anode-grounded to a protruding portion 107c of a container 107, electrical discharge between the X-ray tube 102 and the container 107 is reduced. The container 107 includes the protruding portion 107c in such a way that, in the axial direction Dt, a bent portion 107d is positioned between an anode-side joint portion 128 where the insulating tube 4 and the anode 103 are joined to each other and a cathode-side joint portion 122 where the insulating tube 4 and the cathode 104 are joined to each other.

    Monochromatic X-ray systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10806946B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US16133349

    申请日:2018-09-17

    Inventor: Eric H. Silver

    Abstract: According to some aspects, a carrier configured for use with a broadband x-ray source comprising an electron source and a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target is provided. The carrier comprising a housing configured to be removeably coupled to the broadband x-ray source and configured to accommodate a secondary target capable of producing monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to incident broadband x-ray radiation, the housing comprising a transmissive portion configured to allow broadband x-ray radiation to be transmitted to the secondary target when present, and a blocking portion configured to absorb broadband x-ray radiation.

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