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公开(公告)号:US12293894B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-06
申请号:US18464485
申请日:2023-09-11
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Kasey Otho Greenland , Todd S. Parker
IPC: H01J35/16
Abstract: As an x-ray tube expands and contracts during heating and cooling, its hermetic seal can be damaged. A more robust hermetic seal, particularly as the x-ray tube is heated and cooled, is desirable. The x-ray tube described herein can include a proximal-housing 13 and a distal-housing 14, which can be connected to each other by an interface-ring 15 for improved hermetic seal. Added x-ray tube weight, of material used for blocking x-rays, can make it difficult to transport the x-ray tube. Reducing this weight is desirable. A maximum outer diameter Dp of the proximal-housing 13 can be greater than a maximum outer diameter Dd of the distal-housing 14, for improved blocking of x-rays. This diameter difference can allow improved x-ray shielding with less material.
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公开(公告)号:US12283450B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-22
申请号:US18104859
申请日:2023-02-02
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Kasey Otho Greenland , Todd S. Parker , Rick Steck
Abstract: An x-ray tube can include an x-ray window sealed to a mount. An inner-collimator can be adjacent to, but not sealed to, the x-ray window. The inner-collimator can be sandwiched between the x-ray window and an insulating-layer. The insulating-layer can span an inner-collimator-aperture of the inner-collimator, forming an isolated cavity at the inner-collimator-aperture. Walls of the cavity can include the x-ray window, the inner-collimator, and the insulating-layer. The x-ray tube can have a light weight, can block x-rays in undesirable directions, and can shape the x-ray beam.
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公开(公告)号:US12242094B1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US17730349
申请日:2022-04-27
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Rumyana V. Petrova , R. Stewart Nielson , Michael Black
Abstract: Each wire 12 of a wire grid polarizer can include a cap 22 on a reflective rib 21. The cap 22, with dimensions and material as specified herein, can protect the reflective rib 21 from corrosion and can improve performance of the wire grid polarizer. The cap 22 can be located on the distal end 21d and the pair of sidewalls 21S of the reflective rib 21. Cap 22 chemistry can include CO, C═O, COO, aluminum fluoride, and aluminum oxide. Each cap 22 can have a maximum thickness ThCS on the sidewall 21S of the reflective rib 21 in an upper 50% (above plane 31) of the wire 12 farthest from the substrate 11. Each cap 22 can have a maximum thickness ThCS on the sidewall 21S that is greater than a maximum thickness ThCD of the cap 22 on the distal end 21d.
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公开(公告)号:US12198888B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18606072
申请日:2024-03-15
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Jared Sommer , Jonathan Abbott
IPC: H01J35/18 , C09J161/00 , C09J167/00 , G01T1/16 , H01J5/18
Abstract: An x-ray window can include an adhesive layer sandwiched between and providing a hermetic seal between a thin film and a housing. The adhesive layer can include liquid crystal polymer. The liquid crystal polymer can be opaque, gas-tight, made of low atomic number elements, able to withstand high temperature, low outgassing, low leakage, able to relieve stress in the x-ray window thin film, capable of bonding to many different materials, or combinations thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US12193135B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18082922
申请日:2022-12-16
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: David Hoffman
Abstract: In an x-ray source, an isolation circuit can isolate bias voltage at a cathode from a bias voltage at an alternating current source (AC source). The isolation circuit can transfer alternating current from the AC source to the cathode. The isolation circuit can be made repeatedly with minimal variation or failed parts, can be light, and can be small. The isolation circuit can include planar transformer(s). Each planar transformer can include a primary trace on a primary circuit board and a secondary trace on a secondary circuit board. The primary trace and the secondary trace can each include a spiral shape. The primary trace can be located in close proximity to the secondary trace such that alternating electrical current through the primary trace will induce alternating electrical current through the secondary trace.
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公开(公告)号:US12189161B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18362066
申请日:2023-07-31
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Bradley R. Williams , R. Stewart Nielson , Anubhav Diwan , Eric Gardner , Shaun Patrick Ogden , Bob West
Abstract: A method of making a polarizer can include applying a liquid with solid inorganic nanoparticles dispersed throughout a continuous phase, then forming this into a different phase including a solid, interconnecting network of the inorganic nanoparticles. This method can improve manufacturability and reducing manufacturing cost. This method can be used to provide an antireflective coating, to provide a protective coating on polarization structures, to provide thin films for optical properties, or to form the polarization structures themselves.
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公开(公告)号:US20240090108A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18508440
申请日:2023-11-14
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Kasey Otho Greenland , Dan Paas
CPC classification number: H05G1/06 , H01J35/16 , H01J35/116
Abstract: A monolithic housing for an x-ray source can wrap at least partially around a power supply and an x-ray tube. The monolithic housing can include Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Si, Sr, Zn, or combinations thereof. Mg can be a major component of the monolithic housing. The monolithic housing can be formed by injection molding. The monolithic housing can provide one or more of the following advantages: (a) light weight (for easier transport), (b) high electrical conductivity (to protect the user from electrical shock), (c) high thermal conductivity (to remove heat generated during use), (d) corrosion resistance, (e) high strength, and (f) high electromagnetic interference shielding (to shield power supply components from external noise, to shield other electronic components from power supply noise, or both).
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公开(公告)号:US20230375766A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US18362066
申请日:2023-07-31
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Bradley R. WILLIAMS , R. Stewart NIELSON , Anubhav DIWAN , Eric GARDNER , Shaun Patrick OGDEN , Bob WEST
CPC classification number: G02B5/3041 , G02B5/3058 , G03F7/70566 , G03F7/0002 , B29D11/0073 , B29D11/00644 , B82Y40/00
Abstract: A method of making a polarizer can include applying a liquid with solid inorganic nanoparticles dispersed throughout a continuous phase, then forming this into a different phase including a solid, interconnecting network of the inorganic nanoparticles. This method can improve manufacturability and reducing manufacturing cost. This method can be used to provide an antireflective coating, to provide a protective coating on polarization structures, to provide thin films for optical properties, or to form the polarization structures themselves.
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公开(公告)号:US11762140B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17869974
申请日:2022-07-21
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: R. Stewart Nielson , Bradley R. Williams , Bob West
IPC: G02B5/30 , G02B1/00 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G02B5/3058 , G02B1/002 , G02B5/305 , G02B5/3008 , G02F1/133548 , C09K2323/031
Abstract: A wire grid polarizer (WGP) can include an array of support-ribs on a substrate. Sides of the support-ribs can be inclined to one side. A wire can be applied on an upper-side and distal end of each support-rib, each wire being separate from wires on adjacent support-ribs. The WGP can be made with reduced or no etching.
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公开(公告)号:US11754765B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17359923
申请日:2021-06-28
Applicant: Moxtek, Inc.
Inventor: Bradley R. Williams , R. Stewart Nielson , Anubhav Diwan , Eric Gardner , Shaun Patrick Ogden , Bob West
CPC classification number: G02B5/3041 , B29D11/0073 , B29D11/00644 , G02B5/3058 , G03F7/0002 , G03F7/70566 , B82Y40/00
Abstract: A method of making a polarizer can include applying a liquid with solid inorganic nanoparticles dispersed throughout a continuous phase, then forming this into a different phase including a solid, interconnecting network of the inorganic nanoparticles. This method can improve manufacturability and reducing manufacturing cost. This method can be used to provide an antireflective coating, to provide a protective coating on polarization structures, to provide thin films for optical properties, or to form the polarization structures themselves.
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