Scanning x-ray system

An x-ray source comprising a voltage-multiplier electrically coupled to an x-ray tube, the voltage-multiplier including:

• a stack of voltage-multiplier-stages, each voltage-multiplier-stage including electronic-components on a planar-face of a circuit-board, the planar-face of each circuit-board being parallel with respect to other circuit-boards in the stack;
• the electronic-components on each voltage-multiplier-stage configured to multiply an input-voltage to provide an output-voltage with a higher voltage than the input-voltage;
• and
• each voltage-multiplier-stage in the stack is electrically coupled to two adjacent voltage-multiplier-stages, except that two outermost voltage-multiplier-stages of the stack are electrically coupled to only one adjacent voltage-multiplier-stage of the stack.

A voltage-multiplier comprising:

• a stack of voltage-multiplier-stages, each voltage-multiplier-stage including electronic-components on a planar-face of a circuit-board, the planar-face of each circuit-board being parallel with respect to other circuit-boards in the stack;
• the electronic-components on each voltage-multiplier-stage configured to multiply an input-voltage to provide an output-voltage with a higher voltage than the input-voltage:
• and
• each voltage-multiplier-stage in the stack is electrically coupled to two adjacent voltage-multiplier-stages, except that two outermost voltage-multiplier-stages of the stack are electrically coupled to only one adjacent voltage-multiplier-stage of the stack.