X-ray device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWalter Beyerlein
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Abstract
An X-ray device having an X-ray source, a high voltage generator supplying power to the X-ray tube and an inverter to generate, at the output end, an AC input voltage for the high voltage generator is disclosed. Provision is made therein for a resonance network to be formed between the inverter and the high voltage generator. This allows transmission of the AC input voltage with low power dissipation and low radiation levels. It also achieves spatial separation of the inverter from the high voltage generator and the X-ray source.
Claims17
An X-ray device used in a medical procedure, comprising
- an X-ray source;
- a high voltage generator connected to the X-ray source that supplies power to the X-ray source;
- an inverter that generates an AC input voltage for the high voltage generator;
- and
- a resonance network that connects the inverter and the high voltage generator,
- wherein the resonance network comprises an isolating transformer for potential isolation.
An X-ray device used in a medical procedure, comprising
- an X-ray source;
- a high voltage generator connected to the X-ray source that supplies power to the X-ray source;
- an inverter that generates an AC input voltage for the high voltage generator;
- and
- a resonance network that connects the inverter and the high voltage generator,
- wherein the resonance network comprises an ancillary circuit.
A method for supplying power to an X-ray source of an X-ray device used in a medical procedure, comprising:
- generating an AC input voltage by an inverter;
- connecting the inverter to a high voltage generator by a resonance network;
- transmitting the AC input voltage to the high voltage generator by the resonance network;
- connecting the high voltage generator to the X-ray source;
- and
- supplying power generated by the high voltage generator to the X-ray sourcer,
- wherein the resonance network comprises an isolating transformer for potential isolation or an ancillary circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.