REMOTE CONTROL OF CATHODE WIDTH VOLTAGE
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Apr 10, 2025
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Oct 10, 2023
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Methods and systems are provided for controlling an electron beam generated by an X-ray tube assembly including a unipolar cathode with a long cable between driving electronics of the cathode and the X-ray tube. A voltage supplied to a gridding electrode of the cathode is controlled by a multi-stage switching unit including a first control circuit and a second control circuit. A bias voltage for switching the cathode on is generated by a high precision voltage source of the second control circuit, and a gridding voltage for switching the cathode off is generated by voltage sources of the first control circuit. A time taken to transition between the gridding voltage and the bias voltage is advantageously reduced by decreasing the supplied voltage to a common voltage (e.g., 0 V) in a first step, and then increasing the supplied voltage to the bias voltage or the gridding voltage in a second step.
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