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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Geoffrey Harding, Hamburg, DE;
Jens Peter Schlomka, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement for generating X-rays upon incidence of electrons ( ), which arrangement includes a liquid metal zone ( ) in which a liquid metal ( ) is provided as an X-ray target in such a manner that it can flow past a zone of electron incidence ( ). In order to allow a pump of reduced capacity to be employed in such a device in order to provide the movement of the liquid metal, in accordance with the invention it is proposed to realize a pressure zone ( ) which is separate from the liquid metal zone ( ) and is provided with a pressure medium ( ) in such a manner that the pressure medium ( ) can exert a pressure on the liquid metal ( ) present in the liquid metal zone ( ) in order to force the liquid metal ( ) past the zone of electron incidence ( ), the pressure zone ( ) being provided with a pressure accumulator (R ) which can be replenished in order to apply the pressure.