X-ray tube

Title: X-ray tube

Abstract

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.

Inventors:: Golden, Phillip; Watson, Scott A.; Knowles, Timothy

Issue Date:: 2017-04-11

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1351068

Patent Number(s):: 9620324

Application Number:: 14/181,278

Assignee:: Golden Engineering, Inc.

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H01J35/06 - Cathodes
H01J35/065 - {Field emission, photo emission or secondary emission cathodes}
H01J2235/062 - Cold cathodes
H01J35/32 - Tubes wherein the X-rays are produced at or near the end of the tube or a part thereof which tube or part has a small cross-section to facilitate introduction into a small hole or cavity
H01J35/116 - {Transmissive anodes

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Feb 14

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Golden, Phillip, Watson, Scott A., and Knowles, Timothy. X-ray tube.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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  title        = {X-ray tube},

  author       = {Golden, Phillip and Watson, Scott A. and Knowles, Timothy},

  abstractNote = {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.},

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Title: X-ray tube

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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

External Anode Discharge Device
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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

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Cold-cathode x-ray emitter and tube therefor
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