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X-ray radiation generator

  • US 10,522,317 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An X-ray tube for conducting a high voltage, comprising:

  • an anode configured to conduct a high voltage and heat up during operation;

    a heat sink connected in a thermally conductive way to the anode and configured for cooling the anode, the heat sink including;

    a base body composed of a metal, the base body including a heat absorbing surface for coupling to the anode as a heat source and a heat dissipating surface;

    one or more heat dissipating elements that are connected to the base body, the one or more heat dissipating elements being composed of an electrically insulating material having a thermal conductivity on the same order of magnitude as that of the metal of the base body, and wherein the heat dissipating elements have a height starting from the base body of the heat sink so that taking into account the high voltage and an insulating medium surrounding the heat dissipating elements, there is a sufficient insulation breakdown resistance relative to the surroundings of the X-ray tube.

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