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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