PURPOSE: To strengthen emitted X-rays by using a capacitor bank pinched with multiple ceramic capacitors between parallel conductive plates and arranging a discharging electrode near the parallel conductive plates.
CONSTITUTION: Ceramic capacitors 20a... are pinched in sandwiches between multiple conductive plates 21, 21, 22 respectively to form a disk-shaped capacitor bank centering a discharge device 5. A discharge switch 4 is provided near the conductive plates 21, 22 and formed into a coaxial shape to reduce the inductance. When the ceramic capacitors 20a... are discharged, the circuit becomes a distributed constant circuit, and the discharge current wave-form with the quick rising time can be obtained. Since the plasma generated between electrodes 11, 12 can be strongly pinched in a short time according to this constitution, strong X-rays can be obtained.
KUROSAWA YUKIO
SUZUKI KOJI
TOKUYAMA SHUNJI
