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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Wolfgang Bressel, Erlangen-Buckenhof, DE;
Wolfgang Bressel, Erlangen-Buckenhof, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An imaging tomography apparatus has electronic components provided to operate the tomography apparatus, with at least one of the electronic components exhibiting a power consumption in high power operation that is significantly increased relative to power consumption in normal operation. The imaging tomography apparatus has an energy storage that, in high power operation, supplies the at least one electronic component with additional electrical energy to cover an energy demand due to the difference in power consumption between normal operation and high power operation. The provision of the additional electrical power in high power operation by means of the energy storage allows the modules that participate in the power supply of the at least one electronic component to be realized with lower cost. Such participating modules can be, for example: the mains connection, junction boxes with power switches (safeguards); a transformer, a rectifier, cables, slip ring brushes, slip ring tracks, etc.