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Title: X-ray tube

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1351068

A sealed cold cathode X-ray tube for use in small X-ray source devices is provided. In one embodiment, a sealed cold cathode X-ray tube includes an elongate member, a cathode emitter, and an anode.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
Golden Engineering, Inc.
Patent Number(s):
9,620,324
Application Number:
14/181,278
OSTI ID:
1351068
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Feb 14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

External Anode Discharge Device patent June 1933
Image Tube with Truncated Conical Anode and a Plurality of Coaxial Shield Electrodes patent October 1966
Flash X-Ray Dielectric Wall Structure patent August 1968
Field emission x-ray tube having a graphite fabric cathode patent May 1975
Broad aperture X-ray generator patent November 1976
Dental and medical X-ray apparatus patent August 1978
X-Ray source and method of making same patent March 1984
Liquid cooled anode x-ray tubes patent June 1984
Cold-cathode x-ray emitter and tube therefor patent August 1995
Carbon cone and carbon whisker field emitters patent February 2000
Miniature x-ray source patent October 2000
Diode for flash radiography patent October 2010
Field emission X-ray apparatus, methods, and systems patent June 2011
X-ray tube with an anode insulation element for liquid cooling and a receptacle for a high-voltage plug patent January 2012

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