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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Donald Robert Allen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brian Lounsberry, Thiensville, WI (US);
James J. Vanbogart, Ixonia, WI (US);
Donald Robert Allen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brian Lounsberry, Thiensville, WI (US);
James J. VanBogart, Ixonia, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An x-ray tube includes a vacuum chamber, a cathode positioned within the vacuum chamber and configured to emit electrons, and an anode positioned within the vacuum chamber to receive the electrons emitted from the cathode and configured to generate a beam of x-rays from the electrons. The x-ray tube further includes a window positioned to pass the beam of x-rays therethrough, an electron collector structure having an aperture formed therein to allow passage of x-rays therethrough, and a layer attached to the electron collector structure and configured to at least partially absorb or reduce diffraction of x-rays that contact the layer.