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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1997
Robert C Treseder, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An X-ray tube device and a method for construction thereof which provides the cathode assembly and the anode assembly in a nose of the X-ray tube, wherein an emitter face of each assembly is directed toward an X-ray emission end thereof. The electrons emitted from the cathode assembly travel along a path outward until striking the anode assembly which then generates the X-rays which are directed toward a beryllium window in the X-ray tube. This advantageous structure enables the anode-to-window distance to be small, resulting in a large X-ray flux towards a sample. Furthermore, the small nose of the X-ray tube enables a fluorescence detector to be positioned in an optimal location because the X-ray tube's shape does not displace the fluorescence detector.