High dynamic range mass spectrometer
US6864479B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J49/025
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mass spectrometer comprises an ion source which produces an ion beam from a substance to be analysed and a detector to detect a quantity of ions incident thereon. The detector includes two elements (16, 18) each of which detect a part of the quantity of ions and an attenuation device attenuates the quantity of ions reaching one of the detector elements. At least one of the detector elements (16, 18) is connected to a time to digital converter (TDC) to allow counting of the ions and at least one of the detector elements is connected in parallel to both a time to digital converter (TDC) and an analogue to digital converter (ADC).
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