| US 7,469,039 B2 | ||
| Device and method for generating an x-ray point source by geometric confinement | ||
| Hendrik F. Hamann, Mohegan Lake, N.Y. (US); Yves Martin, Ossining, N.Y. (US); Theodore G. van Kessel, Millbrook, N.Y. (US); and Hemantha K. Wickramasinghe, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/497,252. | ||
| Application 11/497252 is a continuation of application No. 10/445856, filed on May 28, 2003, granted, now 7,130,379. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0269047 A1, Nov. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01J 35/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—119 [378/43] | 2 Claims |
| 1. A method for generating an x-ray point source comprising:
providing a target; and
intersecting an electron beam with said target to generate a point source of x-rays, said point source having a size which
is confined by a physical dimension of said target and a physical dimension of said electron beam.
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