Heating circuit for a filament of an X-ray tube.

摘要

The dissipation of the filament power of an X-ray tube (60) is controlled by a heating circuit (100) including a voltage resonance type DC-to-DC converter and a filament current detector/controller (30). The DC-to-DC converter is comprised of a switch (SW1). a capacitor (C1), a damper diode (D1) and a transformer (T1). These circuit elements constitute a voltage resonance type switch. A DC voltage is interrupted and applied to the primary winding (L1) of the transformer (T1). The AC voltage is induced to the secondary winding (L2) of the transformer (T1), thereby heating the filament (52) of the X-ray tube (50), In accordance with the load curve of the X-ray tube (50), the fllament heating voltage can be controlled within a control range defined by the resonant conditions of the switch.