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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Gregory Alan Steinlage, Hartland, WI (US);
Thomas Carson Tiearney, Jr., Waukesha, WI (US);
Michael Scott Hebert, Muskego, WI (US);
Paul Alfred Siemers, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kirk Alan Rogers, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Ray Alden Henrichsen, Burton, OH (US);
Gregory Alan Steinlage, Hartland, WI (US);
Thomas Carson Tiearney, Jr., Waukesha, WI (US);
Michael Scott Hebert, Muskego, WI (US);
Paul Alfred Siemers, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kirk Alan Rogers, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Ray Alden Henrichsen, Burton, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an X-ray target includes a target cap formed of a substrate material and a focal track layer of emitting material, and at least one of the substrate material and the emitting material has a density greater than about 95.0% of theoretical density. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing an X-ray target includes forming an intermediate target cap form of substrate material and a focal track layer of emitting material, and compacting the intermediate target cap form by application of gas pressure at elevated temperature to form a final target cap form, and at least the substrate material is dense substrate material having a final density greater than an intermediate density or the emitting material is dense emitting material having a final emitting material density greater than an intermediate emitting material density.