Patent ID: 9258874
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H05G

Claim Text:
1. A device for generating x-rays, comprising: a chamber at least partially evacuated of gases; a spring leaf with at least one end within the chamber, at least a portion of the spring leaf within the chamber forming a metal striker, the spring leaf coupled to a fixed magnet; a strike plate within the chamber and positioned to be struck by the metal striker, the strike plate comprising an electrically insulating material, on at least a portion to be struck by the metal striker, that charges negative relative to a metal striking portion of the metal striker; a magnet outside the chamber, the magnet coupled to a spindle of a motor; and control circuitry to drive the motor such that rotation of the spindle causes rotation of poles of the magnet at a frequency about a resonant frequency of the spring leaf.