Pulsed X-Ray Tube,
Abstract
This is an invention in the field of pulsed X-ray tubes, specifically, pulsed X-ray tubes with a cold cathode. We are familiar with pulsed X-ray tubes with a cold cathode, designed for work with a high voltage transformer source with an anode in the form of a metal rod, sharpened on the end, and a cathode in the form of a metal cylinder. Their main defect is their relatively short service life, related to destruction of the anode during the plasma discharges which occur in the tube (dulling of the anode needle). Moreover, the radiation intensity of such tubes is primarily the result of the electron current during the initial stage of the breakdown in the anode-cathode gap and the voltage at which this breakdown occurs. We know that breakdown voltage depends primarily on the transconductance of the leading front of high voltage pulse applied to the tube anode and has a very weak dependence on the distance between the anode and the cathode. The object of the invention was to create a pulsed X-ray tube with a greater service life and greater breakdown voltage in the discharge gap (above 10 to the 6th power V).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 14, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA049388
Entities
People
- N. A. Dron'
- N. I. Komyak
- V. M. Kurbatov
- Ye. A. Peliks
- Ye. I. Bichenkov
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center