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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Bernhard Gleich, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/58 (2006.01); H01J 35/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/58 (2013.01); H01J 35/147 (2019.05); H01J 35/153 (2019.05);
Abstract
A mechanism for controlling an electron beam generator of an X-ray tube that switches between a low voltage mode and a high voltage mode. The proposed mechanism, during a transition between the low and high voltage modes, controls a power drawn by the electron beam generator. In particular, during a transition from a low voltage mode to a high voltage mode, the drawn power is reduced and, during a transition from a high voltage mode to a low voltage mode, the drawn power is increased.