Patent ID: 11901153
Assignee: PCT EBEAM AND INTEGRATION, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An x-ray apparatus with modular cathodes and modular anodes within one vacuum chamber, comprising:
a vacuum chamber;
a cathode assembly housed within said vacuum chamber, wherein said cathode assembly, includes at least four modular filaments units, each containing a separate filament;
a liquid cooling source;
an anode target assembly, including a plurality of modular anode target units each
a. containing a material that generates x-rays when struck by free electrons,
b. containing a cooling pathway which couples to the cooling pathway in an adjacent modular anode target unit, with said cooling liquid cooling source connected to these pathways;
c. containing a base plate including stepped surfaces in which risers of said stepped surfaces have sides perpendicular to parallel surfaces of said stepped surfaces;

a window configured to allow passage of the x-rays generated by said anode target assembly to create a radiation zone outside of said vacuum chamber; and
a less than 400 kV but more than 80 kW power supply connected between said cathode assembly and anode target assembly, whereby free electrons are accelerated in their flow from said cathode assembly to said anode target assembly within said vacuum chamber.