Transformer for generating high DC voltages with integrated means for cooling rectifiers

摘要

A transformer arrangement for generating rectified, high voltages has a primary winding wound around the transformer core and is surrounded by a metallic shield. A mass of insulation material, including an insulation layer, surrounds the metallic shield. A secondary winding is embedded in the mass of insulation material outside the insulation layer. The secondary winding has an end terminal carrying a high alternating voltage potential and presents an outer circumference. A heat conducting metal band rests on and covers a major portion of the outer circumference of the secondary winding but does not constitute a short-circuit winding for the transformer. The terminal end of the secondary winding is connected electrically and thermally with a plurality of rectifiers via the metal band.