Patent ID: 6490341
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H01J,H05G

Abstract:
An x-ray generator comprising:a housing for accommodating components of the x-ray generator, the housing having a taper surface inclined with respect to an emitting direction of said x-ray provided in a surface portion of the housing; an x-ray tube including an emitting window provided on a front portion thereof from which an x-ray is emitted, the x-ray tube having at least one side portion forming a substantially flat vertical surface, wherein the substantially flat vertical surface includes an edge portion forming at least a portion of a periphery surrounding the emitting window; and an electron gun connected to an outer side portion of the x-ray tube for emitting an electron from an electron emitting surface of the electron gun toward a target surface within the x-ray tube, thereby causing the x-ray tube to generate the x-ray, wherein the electron emitting surface of the electron gun substantially faces toward at least a portion of the target surface within the x-ray tube.