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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
Kalyan Koppisetty, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ethan James Westcot, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Carey Shawn Rogers, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kalyan Koppisetty, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ethan James Westcot, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Carey Shawn Rogers, Milwaukee, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present embodiments relate to efficient electron beam steering within X-ray tubes, for example X-ray tubes used in CT imaging. In one embodiment, and X-ray tube with enhanced electron beam steering is provided. The X-ray tube includes an electron beam source, a target configured to generate X-rays when impacted by an electron beam from the electron beam source, and a steering magnet assembly having a plurality of ferrite cores and a plurality of litz wire coils wound on the ferrite cores.