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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Apparatus and method for improved transient response in an electromagnetically controlled x-ray tube
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ethan James Westcot, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Aparna Chakrapani Sheila-vadde, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Andras Zavodszky, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Carey Shawn Rogers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ethan James Westcot, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Aparna Chakrapani Sheila-Vadde, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Andras Zavodszky, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An x-ray tube assembly includes a vacuum enclosure having a cathode portion, a target portion, and a throat portion comprising a non-electrically conductive tube. The throat portion has an upstream end coupled to the cathode portion and a downstream end coupled to the target portion. The x-ray tube assembly also includes a target positioned within the target portion of the vacuum enclosure, and a cathode positioned within the cathode portion of the vacuum enclosure. The cathode is configured to emit a stream of electrons through the throat portion toward the target.