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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Steven D Hansen, Port Washington, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An x-ray generating device having an improved high efficiency motor is disclosed. The x-ray generating device comprises a cathode assembly and an anode assembly arranged opposite each other in a vacuum vessel. According to the invention, the anode assembly is coupled and rotated by the rotor of a high efficiency motor which has near traditional gaps by positioning the motor stator assembly in close proximity to the rotor of the motor and applying a same potential to both the stator core and the rotor. The stator assembly further includes poly-phase stator winding coils arranged on the stator core. The coils are electrically insulated from the stator core, and they are supplied with poly-phase AC signals from a motor controller to induce magnetic interactions and rotate the rotor and the anode assembly. Thus, the present invention provides for electrical isolation between the x-ray operating potential and the reference potential of the motor controller without the need for a separate isolation transformer which negatively impacts cost, efficiency and reliability.