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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Tomoyuki Okada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masuo Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tsutomu Nakamura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsumasa Furukawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
An x-ray tube 100 mainly includes an electron gun assembly 110 and a target assembly 210 which are arranged at right angles. In the target assembly 210, an x-ray target 211 is enclosed in a cylindrically-shaped hood electrode 212. Electrons emitted from the electron gun assembly 110 enters the hood electrode through an electron beam opening 215 to collide with the x-ray target 212, whereupon x-rays are generated. X-rays travel in an x-ray emitting direction R along the central axis of the hood electrode to emit outside of the hood electrode through an x-ray opening 216. A protrusion 212a is formed on the periphery of the hood electrode 212 downstream of the electron opening 215 in the x-ray emitting direction R.