Patent ID: 11961694
Assignee: CARL ZEISS X-RAY MICROSCOPY, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An x-ray source comprising:
a system controller;
a target;
an electron source for generating electrons to form a beam to strike the target to produce x-rays;
a high voltage generator for accelerating the beam;
a gun controller for controlling the electron source and powered by the high voltage generator; and
an optical fiber link for enabling communications between the system controller and the gun controller;
wherein the optical fiber link between the system controller and the gun controller includes at least a downlink for transmitting data from the system controller to the gun controller and at least an uplink for transmitting data from the gun controller to the system controller and wherein the gun controller is a central processing unit (CPU) or digital signal processor (DSP) and the system controller provides a program for the central processing unit or the digital signal processor using the optical fiber link.