Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes an envelope including an inner space which is evacuated and is tightly closed and also including an X-ray radiation window, a cathode supporting member provided in the envelope, a cathode secured to the cathode supporting member, emitting electrons, and radiating heat, an anode target provided in the envelope, opposed to the X-ray radiation window, and radiating X-rays due to collision of the electrons emitted from the cathode, and a non-evaporable getter thermally connected to the cathode supporting member on the cathode side and activated by heat due to thermal conduction from the cathode supporting member.
Abstract:
In a radiation tube, a conductive member having an opening formed therein is disposed, and a dielectric is disposed in the conductive member. Thus, foreign matter that has entered the conductive member through the opening is trapped by the dielectric. As a result, discharge due to foreign matter can be reduced.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an X-ray tube that improves and stabilizes a withstanding voltage performance and thus ensures the reliability of a product.The present invention is an X-ray tube comprising a cathode for emitting electrons, an anode for emitting an X-ray which an irradiation of the electrons emitted from the cathode causes, and a glass tube for confining the cathode and the anode in a vacuum, wherein an inside surface of the glass tube is covered with a glass thin film having a melting point lower than that of a glass of the glass tube and particles adhered to the glass tube by the glass thin film.
Abstract:
An X-ray source includes an electron-beam generating unit that generates an electron beam, and a transmission type target electrode to be irradiated with the electron beam to generate X-ray radiation. A plurality of convex portions each having an inclined surface with respect to an incident direction of the electron beam is formed on a surface of the transmission type target electrode.
Abstract:
A miniature X-ray source device for effecting radiation therapy at least comprising a vacuum tube containing a cathode and an anode spaced apart at some distance from each other; emitting means for emitting free electrons from the cathode; electric field generating means for applying during use a high-voltage electric field between the cathode and the anode for accelerating the emitted free electrons towards the anode, as well as an exit window for X-ray radiation being generating at the anode. The present invention provides an improved miniature X-ray source device, that can also properly be used in treating skin cancer and which is easy to handle. The anode is provided with a flat X-ray emitting surface. In particular, the cathode exhibits a concave shaped surface having a center part surrounded by an upright circumferential edge, wherein the center part of the concave shaped surface is provided with an electron emitting material.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a miniaturized source (10; 20; 40; 80) of ionizing electromagnetic radiation, comprising a first electrode (11; 21; 41, 42; 81), which at least temporarily can function as a cathode, and a second electrode (12; 22; 43, 44, 45; 82), which at least temporarily can function as an anode, a first conductor (13; 23; 46, 47; 83) connected to the first electrode, and a second conductor (14; 24; 48, 49, 50; 84) connected to the second electrode. According to one embodiment, the first electrode and at least a portion of the first conductor are provided on a substrate (15; 10 25; 51; 85). According to another embodiment, also the second electrode and at least a portion of the second conductor are provided on the substrate. In all embodiments, the electrodes are arranged such that the electric field between the electrodes essentially is parallel to the surface of the substrate.
Abstract:
A metal frame x-ray tube (1), includes a gettering system (90) which, when activated, provides a layer (147) of gettering material (98) on a grounded conductive portion (72, 74) of a metal frame or envelope (14). The envelope defines an evacuated chamber (12), which houses an anode (10) and a cathode (18). Moving the gettering material to larger diameter portions of the frame enables substantially larger amounts of gettering material to be provided than in a conventional gettering system, which is typically housed in the cathode assembly (26). Moreover, multiple independently controllable gettering wires (92, 94) facilitate reactivating the gettering material plural times both during the manufacturing process and in the field. This ability to rejuvenate vacuum pumping capability in an x-ray tube that is starting to arc in the field allows for extended x-ray tube life.
Abstract:
An X-ray tube includes an evacuated envelope; a cold cathode mounted at one end of the envelope and capable of field emission of electrons when subjected to a high electrostatic field; and an anode mounted at the opposite end of the envelope coaxial with and axially spaced from the cathode, and capable of emitting X-rays when struck by electrons emitted by the cathode. The envelope includes an end wall made of thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating material in contact with the anode and formed with a fluid cooling channel to remove the heat generated at the anode. In one described embodiment, the cathode includes a body of a getter material which is both electron emissive and gas absorptive. In other described embodiments, the cathode includes a carbon nanotube field-emission electron source.
Abstract:
An evacuated tube (24) includes an envelope (50) and an electrode (78) in the tube envelope (50). The electrode (78) is electrically connected to conductors (74a, 74b) that extend through the tube envelope (50). A getter (72) is included in the tube envelope (50) and is electrically connected to the conductors (74a, 74b) extending through the tube envelope (50). Diodes (82a, 82b) are connected to the electrode (78) and the getter (72) for selectively providing electrical energy through the conductors (74a, 74b) extending through the tube envelope (50) to one of the electrode (78) and the getter (72).
Abstract:
Some embodiments include an apparatus, comprising: a vacuum enclosure including an opening; a support structure disposed in the vacuum enclosure, the support structure comprising: a first portion attached to the vacuum enclosure at the opening; and a second portion extending within the vacuum enclosure; and a plurality of getters disposed on the second portion of the support structure.