Compact collimating device
AssigneeBruker Axs Handheld, Inc.
InventorROBERT F. SHANNON, JR.
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Abstract
A collimating device is described. The collimating device includes a housing defining an interior surface and an exterior surface of the collimating device. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet and a cavity extending between the inlet and the outlet. The collimating device also includes a plurality of ridges extending from the interior surface of the housing toward a center of the cavity. The plurality of ridges form a plurality of slits within the cavity configured to collimate radiation entering the inlet and exiting the outlet.
Claims25
A collimating device comprising:
- a housing defining an interior surface and an exterior surface of said collimating device, said housing comprising an inlet and an outlet and a cavity extending between said inlet and said outlet;
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- a plurality of ridges extending from the interior surface of said housing toward a center of said cavity, said plurality of ridges form a plurality of slits within said cavity configured to collimate radiation entering said inlet and exiting said outlet.
A method of collimating radiation output by a radiation source, said method comprising:
- providing a radiation source for generating radiation;
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- positioning a collimating device between the radiation source and a sample, the collimating device comprising an interior surface that defines a cavity, the cavity including a plurality of ridges extending from the interior surface toward a center of the cavity, the plurality of ridges defining a plurality of slits configured to facilitate reducing scattering of radiation exiting the collimating device.
A detection system comprising:
- a radiation source configured to generate a primary radiation and impinge the primary radiation onto a sample, the primary radiation configured to excite the sample and cause the sample to reflect a secondary radiation;
- a radiation detector configured to detect the secondary radiation;
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- a collimating device positioned between the radiation source and the sample, the collimating device comprising a housing that includes a cavity extending between an inlet and an outlet of the collimating device, the collimating device comprising a plurality of ridges extending from the housing toward a center of the cavity, the plurality of ridges defining a plurality of slits configured to facilitate reducing scattering of radiation exiting the outlet of the collimating device.
A collimating device comprising:
- a housing defining an interior surface and an exterior surface of said collimating device, said housing comprising an inlet and an outlet and a cavity extending between said inlet and said outlet;
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- a spiraling ridge extending from the interior surface of said housing toward a center of said cavity, said spiraling ridge beginning at said inlet and ending at said outlet, said spiraling ridge including a first surface configured to collimate radiation entering said inlet and exiting said outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.