Thermionic electron emitter and x-ray source including same

A thermionic electron emitter (1) is proposed comprising an inner part (2) including a heatable flat emission surface (3) and an outer part (4) including a surrounding surface (6) substantially enclosing the emission surface and a heating arrangement for heating the emission surface to a temperature...

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Main Author HAUTTMANN STEFAN
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 23.06.2010
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
ELECTRICITY
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Summary:A thermionic electron emitter (1) is proposed comprising an inner part (2) including a heatable flat emission surface (3) and an outer part (4) including a surrounding surface (6) substantially enclosing the emission surface and a heating arrangement for heating the emission surface to a temperature for thermionic electron emission. The outer part is mechanically connected to the inner part in a connection region (10) apart from the emission surface. Furthermore, the surrounding surface is thermally isolated, e.g. by a gap (14), from the emission surface in an isolation region apart from the connection region. By providing a surrounding surface enclosing the emission surface which may be on a similar electrical potential as the emission surface but which can have a substantially lower temperature than the emission surface without influencing the temperature distribution within the emission surface, an improved electron emission distribution and homogeneity can be obtained.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN20088100019