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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Nanox Imaging Plc, Gibraltar, GI;
Koichi Iida, Okayama, JP;
Hidenori Kenmotsu, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yamazaki, Aichi, JP;
Hitoshi Masuya, Chiba, JP;
NANO-X IMAGING LTD., Neve-Ilan, IL;
Abstract
Controlling total emission current of an electron emitting construct in an x-ray emitting device by providing a cathode, providing multiple active areas each active area having a gated cone electron source, including multiple emitter tips arranged in an array, a gate electrode, and a gate interconnect lead connected to the gate electrode, providing an x-ray emitting construct comprising an anode, the anode being an x-ray target, situating the x-ray emitting construct facing the active areas face each other, selecting a set of active areas, and activating selected active areas by conductively connecting a voltage source to their associated the gate electrode interconnect lead.