公开(公告)号：US20170156197A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15387433

申请日：2016-12-21

Applicant: X-Illumina, Inc.

Inventor： Steven D. HANSEN

IPC: H05G2/00 ,  H01J19/04 ,  H01J19/24

CPC classification number: H05G2/00 ,  H01J19/04 ,  H01J19/24 ,  H01J35/065 ,  H01J35/08 ,  H05H1/52

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems relating to an x-ray generation system. In some embodiments, the system includes an electron beam acceleration region that generates an electron beam and accelerates electrons in the beam and a radiation generation region that (i) receives the electron beam and (ii) generates an electric field having an energy of greater than about 10E7 V/m without electrical breakdown of vacuum gaps. The electric field is configured to decelerate electrons in the electron beam sufficiently to generate x-ray energy.