Flash x-ray apparatus

Patent Application · Tue Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5721522

Collins, C B; Devan Loo, F; Coogan, J J; Bowen, T S; Krause, R K

This patent describes a method of producing flash x-rays with an average dose exceeding about 5 roentgen per second. It comprises supplying a charging current to a thyratron connected to Blumleins in parallel; charging the middle conductor of each Blumlein to a positive voltage; commutating the input power to each Blumlein at a repetitive rate exceeding 10 Hertz; supplying the power output from the Blumleins in series through a pair of connectors to a pair of spaced-apart electrodes disposed in an evacuated environment; and generating x-ray radiation in the space between the two electrodes having output intensity exceeding 1 {times} 10{sup 5} photons/keV/shot.

• Assignee: Board of Regents, Univ. of Texas System, Austin, TX (USA)
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-155218
• OSTI ID: 5721522
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 12 Feb 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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