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Granted Patent B2
US 11,039,526 · App. 16/619,601 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

X-ray generation device

Inventors: Kazutaka Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP); Yuji Shirayanagi (Hamamatsu, JP); Motofumi Tanaka (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
H05G1/32H05G1/06
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Patent No.
US 11,039,526
App. No.
16/619,601
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An X-ray generation device includes an X-ray tube including an electron gun that generates an electron beam and a target that generates an X-ray by incidence of the electron beam; a power supply portion including a booster that boosts an input voltage from outside to generate a high voltage and an insulating block that seals the booster with an insulating material; and a control unit that performs control to generate the X-ray. The control unit includes a first information processing element that performs at least part of the control using a digital signal at a high potential based on the high voltage. The first information processing element is sealed with the insulating material in the insulating block.

Claims (15)

1. An X-ray generation device comprising:

an X-ray tube including an electron gun configured to generate an electron beam and a target configured to generate an X-ray by incidence of the electron beam;

a power supply portion including a booster configured to boost an input voltage from outside to generate a high voltage and an insulating block configured to seal the booster with an insulating material; and

a control unit configured to perform control to generate the X-ray,

wherein the control unit includes a first information processing element configured to perform at least part of the control using a digital signal at a high potential based on the high voltage,

wherein the first information processing element is sealed with the insulating material in the insulating block,

wherein the power supply portion further includes a conductive member covering at least a part of the first information processing element and sealed with the insulating material in the insulating block,

wherein a voltage based on the high voltage is applied to the conductive member,

wherein the first information processing element is mounted on a substrate which is disposed outside the X-ray tube, and

wherein the conductive member blocks the booster from the first information processing element.

2. The X-ray generation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first information processing element controls the electron gun at the high potential.

3. The X-ray generation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit further includes a second information processing element configured to perform the control at a low potential based on a low voltage lower than the high voltage,

wherein the second information processing element is disposed outside the insulating block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2019
From: SUZUKI, KAZUTAKA; SHIRAYANAGI, YUJI; TANAKA, MOTOFUMI
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Reel/Frame 051191/0108 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-112773 · Jun 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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