X-ray tube
Grant
US12580147B2
Kind: B2
Mar 17, 2026
Assignee
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Inventors
Atsushi Ishii, Akimichi Shimizu
Abstract
An X-ray tube includes a housing, a cathode disposed in the housing and configured to release electrons, a target disposed in the housing and configured to generate X-rays upon incidence of the electrons, a first tubular body surrounding the cathode inside the housing, and a getter disposed in a region where a trajectory of the electrons from the cathode to the target is not allowed to be seen in an inner region of the first tubular body.
CPC Classifications
H01J 35/066
H01J 35/14
H01J 2235/205
H01J 29/563
H01J 29/58
H01J 31/50
H01J 37/15
H01J 37/04
H01J 31/04
H01J 37/147
H01J 2237/032
H01J 2237/1502
H01J 2229/58
H01J 2237/0835
H01J 35/30
H01J 35/153
H01J 35/16
H01J 35/32
H01J 2235/166
H01J 2235/086
H01J 35/18
H01J 35/04
H01J 2235/1204
H01J 2235/167
H01J 35/186
H01J 2235/122
H01J 2235/1291
H01J 35/116
H01J 2235/1262
H01J 2235/06
H01J 2235/1216
H01J 2235/16
H01J 2235/18
H01J 2235/163
H01J 2235/164
H01J 35/06
H01J 35/064
H01J 2235/168
H01J 2235/186
H01J 35/065
A61N 5/1001
A61N 5/1014
A61N 2005/1022
A61N 5/0601
A61N 2005/0609
A61N 2005/0654
A61N 2005/0651
A61N 2005/0661
A61M 25/0108
A61B 18/24
A61B 2017/22051
A61B 2018/00982
A61B 2018/2261
H05G 1/025
H05G 1/32
G21K 5/10
G01N 23/04
Filing Date
2024-01-16
Application No.
18413829
Claims
9