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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Rolf Karl Otto Behling, Norderstedt, DE;
Marcus Walter Foellmer, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/08 (2006.01); H01J 35/12 (2006.01); H01J 35/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/08 (2013.01); H01J 35/12 (2013.01); H01J 35/24 (2013.01); G21K 2207/005 (2013.01); H01J 2235/082 (2013.01); H01J 2235/086 (2013.01); H01J 2235/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multiple X-ray beam X-ray source includes an anode structure and a cathode structure. The anode structure includes a plurality of liquid metal jets providing a plurality of focal lines. The cathode structure provides an electron beam structure that provides a sub e-beam to each liquid metal jet. The liquid metal jets are each hit by the sub e-beam along an electron-impinging portion of the jet circumferential surface that is smaller than half of the circumference of a cross-section of the liquid metal jet.