EP0590418B1 - Tube à haute tension - Google Patents

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EP0590418B1
EP0590418B1 EP93114887A EP93114887A EP0590418B1 EP 0590418 B1 EP0590418 B1 EP 0590418B1 EP 93114887 A EP93114887 A EP 93114887A EP 93114887 A EP93114887 A EP 93114887A EP 0590418 B1 EP0590418 B1 EP 0590418B1
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voltage tube
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Christian Dr.-Ing. Schenk
Jens Ulrik Madsen
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Thales Electron Devices GmbH
Andrex Radiation Products AS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J35/00—X-ray tubes
    • H01J35/02—Details
    • H01J35/16—Vessels; Containers; Shields associated therewith
    • H01J35/165—Vessels; Containers; Shields associated therewith joining connectors to the tube

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  • the present invention relates to a high-voltage tube according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • it relates to an X-ray tube.
  • Such an x-ray tube is e.g. from DE-PS 24 48 497 and the AEG telephony publication "X-ray tubes in metal-ceramic technology" June 1983, Figure 3 known.
  • the aim of such tubes is to further improve the high voltage strength and to build the tubes smaller and to be able to operate them at higher voltages.
  • the present invention has for its object to further increase the high voltage strength in a tube mentioned above.
  • the inserted metallic tube section causes a homogenization of the electrical field profile and reduces the risk that irregular and increased field strength loads occur in the fastening area of the electrode bushing on the inner circumference of the opening of the ring-shaped insulator, which can lead to high voltage breakdowns.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically in cross section the cathode end of an X-ray tube.
  • the vacuum housing is formed by the essentially cylindrical outer jacket 2 made of metal, the disk-shaped insulator 3 made of ceramic and the bushing 1 arranged in the central opening of the insulator 3, which is tubular and carries the cathode 8 on the vacuum side.
  • the metal-ceramic connections are designed to be vacuum-tight and, for example, designed as soldered connections.
  • the metal outer jacket 2 is at ground potential and the cathode bushing 1 is at a strong negative potential of, for example, -300 to -450 kilovolts.
  • an Extension 5 may be arranged, which has a shielding effect against secondary electrons.
  • the cathode coil located in the vacuum space 7 is designated by 8.
  • the tube is essentially rotationally symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis 9 of the tube.
  • this insulating disk 3 is divided into two ring parts 31 and 32 arranged concentrically to one another and a metallic tube section 4 is interposed.
  • the connections between this pipe section 4 and the ceramic ring parts 31 and 32 are vacuum-tight, in particular soldered connections.
  • the pipe section preferably has an approximately funnel-shaped extension 6 which projects into the vacuum space 7 and which has shielding effects and influences which influence the electrical field.
  • the tube section 4 can furthermore be expedient to apply an externally supplied potential to this tube section 4, which is readily possible in the exemplary embodiment shown since the tube section 4 soldered in a vacuum-tight manner can be contacted from the outside. It is with an appropriate choice the magnitude of the applied voltage, which must have a value between the voltage on the outer jacket 2 and the cathode bushing 1, makes it possible to reduce the electric field strength in the critical region of the bushing 1.
  • the voltage applied to the pipe section 4 can be, for example, -200KV if a voltage of -400 KV compared to the ground potential OV is applied to the outer jacket of the bushing 1.
  • the field strength in the particularly critical area in which the bushing 1 is passed through the ceramic disk 3 can be reduced by up to approximately 30%.
  • the tube section 4 can also consist only of a solder metal layer with which the concentric ring parts 31 and 32 are connected to one another in a vacuum-tight manner.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show further preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention, the same numbers being used for the same.
  • the ring parts 31 and 32 made of insulating material overlap in the radial direction, ie the inner diameter of the outer ring part 32 is smaller than the outer diameter of the inner ring part 31.
  • the ring parts 31 and 32 are in the direction of the tube longitudinal axis 9 staggered.
  • the inner ring part 31 is arranged closer to the cathode 8.
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the outer ring part 32 is arranged closer to the cathode 8.
  • the pipe section 4 each has a shoulder that changes its diameter.
  • the potential of the metallic pipe section 4 is expediently to be selected with regard to the maximum field strength that occurs on the outer insulating ring part, that is on the outer surface of the interposed metallic pipe section 4.
  • the section of the cathode side is one X-ray tube constructed essentially rotationally symmetrical to the longitudinal axis 9 of the tube.

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Claims (10)

  1. Tube à haute tension avec constitution concentrique, dont le boîtier sous vide présente : une enveloppe extérieure cylindrique métallique, un disque isolant en forme de disque annulaire et un passage d'électrode central en forme de barre ou en forme de tube, le disque isolant étant relié extérieurement, à la périphérie, étanche au vide, avec l'enveloppe extérieure, et, à la périphérie intérieure, étanche au vide, avec le passage d'électrode, caractérisé en ce que le disque isolant (3) est partagé, par au moins une section de tube (4) métallique, insérée étanche au vide, en au moins deux parties annulaires (31) et (32) agencées concentriquement par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (9).
  2. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le passage d'électrode (1) se trouve à un potentiel fortement négatif par rapport à l'enveloppe extérieure (2).
  3. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la section de tube (4) cylindrique présente un prolongement (6) faisant saillie intérieurement dans l'espace sous vide (7).
  4. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le prolongement (6) est constitué en s'élargissant en forme d'entonnoir.
  5. Tube à haute tension selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la section de tube (4) est soumise à un potentiel, qui est plus positif que le potentiel du passage (1) et plus négatif que le potentiel de l'enveloppe extérieure (2).
  6. Tube à haute tension selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé par la constitution comme tube à rayons X, lors de laquelle, le passage d'électrode (1) est constitué comme support pour la cathode agencée dans l'intérieur sous vide.
  7. Tube à haute tension selon une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les parties annulaires (31, 32) sont agencées décalées l'une par rapport à l'autre en direction de l'axe longitudinal (9).
  8. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre intérieur de la partie annulaire (32) extérieure est plus petit que le diamètre extérieur de la partie annulaire (31) intérieure.
  9. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 7 ou la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la partie annulaire (31) intérieure est agencée plus proche en direction vers la cathode (8) que la partie annulaire (32) extérieure.
  10. Tube à haute tension selon la revendication 7 ou la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la partie annulaire (31) intérieure est agencée en s'éloignant plus loin de la cathode (8) que la partie annulaire (32) extérieure.
EP93114887A 1992-10-02 1993-09-16 Tube à haute tension Expired - Lifetime EP0590418B1 (fr)

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DE4233206 1992-10-02
DE4233206 1992-10-02
DE4241572A DE4241572A1 (de) 1992-10-02 1992-12-10 Hochspannungsröhre
DE4241572 1992-12-10

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