Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray tube and a conditioning method thereof
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Application No.: US15472656Application Date: 2017-03-29
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Publication No.: US10991539B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Hidenori Kenmotsu , Hitoshi Masuya , Koichi Iida
- Applicant: Nanox Imaging PLC
- Applicant Address: GI Gibraltar
- Assignee: Nanox Imaging PLC
- Current Assignee: Nanox Imaging PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GI Gibraltar
- Agency: Alphapatent Associates, Ltd
- Agent Daniel J. Swirsky
- Main IPC: H01J35/02
- IPC: H01J35/02 ; H01J35/04 ; H01J35/06 ; H01J35/08 ; H01J35/14 ; H05G1/56 ; H01J9/39 ; H01J35/20 ; G21K1/02

Abstract:
The X-ray tube disclosed herein includes an electron emission unit including an electron emission element using a cold cathode; an anode unit disposed opposite to the electron emission unit, with which electrons emitted from the electron emission unit collide; and a focus structure disposed between the electron emission unit and a target unit disposed on a surface of the anode unit that is opposed to the electron emission unit. The electron emission unit is divided into a first region and a second region which can independently be turned ON/OFF. The X-ray tube is focus-designed such that collision regions, at the anode unit, of electron beams emitted from the respective first region and second region substantially coincide with each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170301505A1 X-RAY TUBE AND A CONDITIONING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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