SBIR/STTR Research Award
ONE MEV PRECISION X-RAY GENERATOR
Award amount
$407,171Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- L & W Research Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
PRESENT X-RAY GENERATORS ARE AVAILABLE UP TO 420 KV CONSTANT POTENTIAL. ABOVE THIS ENERGY LINEAR ACCELERATORS ARE AVAILABLE FROM 2 MEV UPWARDS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INVESTIGATE BUILDING A 1 MEV CONSTANT POTENTIAL X-RAY GENERATOR. THE GENERATOR WOULD BE SINGLE ENDED WITH POSSIBLE INTERCHANGEABLE ANODES AND A CHOICE OF DISPENSER OR MICROFOCUS CATHODES. THE HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY WOULD BE STABLE AND ACCURATELY MEASURED, IT WOULD BE VARIABLE OVER A WIDE RANGE. AN X-RAY GENERATOR OF THIS ENERGY AND PRECISION WITH A VARIABLE ENERGY WOULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR INDUSTRIAL CT SCANNERS. IT WOULD ALSO FILL A GAP IN THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SOURCES.
Technology keywords
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