摘要:
Provided is a high voltage driving device including a housing and a cathode, an anode, and an insulation structure, which are disposed in the housing. Here, the cathode and the anode are spaced apart from each other with the insulation structure therebetween. Also, the insulation structure includes a first solid insulator disposed adjacent to the cathode and a second solid insulator disposed adjacent to the anode. Also, the first solid insulator has first volumetric resistivity less than second volumetric resistivity of the second solid insulator, and the first solid insulator contacts the cathode.
摘要:
Provided is a method for driving an X-ray source, which includes a cathode electrode, an electron source provided on the cathode electrode and configured to emit an electron beam, and an anode target including an electron beam irradiation surface with the electron beam irradiated thereto, the method including providing the electron beam in a plurality of main pulses, wherein each of the main pulses includes a plurality of short pulses having an idle time and a pulse time, and each of the idle time and the pulse time is shorter than a duration time of the main pulse, wherein applying the plurality of short pulses comprises irradiating the electron beam from the electron source towards the electron beam irradiation surface during the pulse time; and idling the electron beam during the idle time, wherein a duty cycle of the short pulse is 0.4 to 0.6, which is obtained by dividing the idle time by a sum of the pulse time and the idle time.
摘要:
Provided is an X-ray generator including a thermal electron emission type X-ray generator configured to generate a negative high voltage and a filament current, a field electron emission type X-ray generator including an anode electrode to be grounded, and configured to use the negative high voltage to bias the cathode electrode, and a field emission current control unit configured to convert the filament current to generate an output voltage to be provided to a gate electrode of the field electron emission type X-ray generator and convert the filament current to fix, to a specific level, a level of an emission current flowing through the cathode electrode.
摘要:
A field emission device and a method of driving the multi-electrode field emission device having a single driving power source are disclosed. The field emission device includes a cathode electrode, one or more gate electrodes, a voltage division unit, and a power source unit. The cathode electrode is figured such that at least one emitter is formed thereon. The gate electrodes are disposed between an anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and each have one or more openings through which electrons emitted from the emitter can pass. The voltage division unit has one or more divider resistors, and divides a voltage applied from the power source unit using the divider resistors and then applies partial voltages to the one or more gate electrodes. The power source unit includes a single power source, and applies the voltage to the voltage division unit.
摘要:
Disclosed is an X-ray image processing apparatus including a data obtaining unit generating first to N-th images indicating an internal structure of an external subject and an image processing unit receiving the first to N-th images from the data obtaining unit, detecting a movement of the object, and generating a final image from the first to N-th images based on the movement of the object. The data obtaining unit actively controls an X-ray pulse irradiated based on the movement of the object.
摘要:
An electron emission source includes a cathode electrode having a recess region formed in an upper portion thereof and the yarn emitter having a tip shape and provided in the recess region of the cathode electrode. The yarn emitter is spaced from an inner surface of the recess region of the cathode electrode.
摘要:
Disclosed is an X-ray source, including: a cathode including a shielding channel through which an X-ray passes; emitters formed on an upper surface of the cathode, and arranged around the shielding channel; an anode positioned so as to face the cathode, and including an anode target in which an E-beam is focused; and a gate electrode positioned between the cathode and the anode, and including gate holes at positions corresponding to those of the emitters.
摘要:
Provided is an electron emission source including a substrate, a fixed structure provided on the substrate, and an electron emission yarn provided between the substrate and the fixed structure. The fixed structure includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width greater than the first width, and the electron emission yarn extends on a first sidewall of the first portion of the fixed structure from between the fixed structure and the substrate.
摘要:
Disclosed is an X-ray source, including: a cathode; an anode positioned on the cathode so as to face the cathode; emitters formed on the cathode; a gate electrode positioned between the cathode and the anode and including openings at positions corresponding to those of the emitters; an insulating spacer formed between the gate and the anode; and a coating layer formed on an internal wall of the insulating spacer, and including a material having a lower secondary electron emission coefficient than that of the insulating spacer.
摘要:
The inventive concept relates to an apparatus for aging a field emission device configured to emitting electrons based on an electric field between a first electrode and a second electrode, and an aging method thereof. The apparatus according to an embodiment of an inventive concept includes a voltage generator and a current controller. The voltage generator increases the voltage applied to the first electrode to the target voltage level during the first time. The current controller increases the field emission current for the second time to the target current level and increases the pulse width of the field emission current for the third time to the target pulse width. According to the inventive concept, the performance of a large field emission device may be improved with high efficiency and low cost.