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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
George Theodore Dalakos, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Alan Frontera, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Vance Scott Robinson, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/08 (2006.01); H01J 35/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/12 (2013.01); H01J 2235/086 (2013.01); H01J 2235/088 (2013.01); H01J 2235/1204 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an X-ray source target is provided that includes two or more layers of X-ray generating material at different depths within a source target for an electron beam. In one such embodiment the X-ray generating material in each layer does not extend fully across an underlying substrate surface.