Patent References 2534758 3387201 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/667729 filed on 03/17/1976US Classes:307/108, With capacitor363/61, For rectifying378/103Energy storageExaminersPrimary: Schaefer, Robert K.Assistant: Ginsburg, Morris Attorney, Agent or FirmAbstractFor energizing an X-ray tube in a diagnostic X-ray unit, a group of capacitors are each charged up to a voltage lower than that required by the X-ray tube, and then the capacitors are discharged one after another through the primary winding of a voltage step-up transformer in such a manner as to produce AC in the secondary winding which is then rectified and applied to the X-ray tube. | |