14results about "Spectrometer circuit arrangements" patented technology

A radio frequency (RF) choke for use within a mass spectrometer comprises a bobbin having a hollow channel, a plurality of wire windings wound around the bobbin, each of the wire windings presenting a lattice winding pattern having a number of crossovers per turn of from about 1 to about 4, and a magnetic core disposed within the hollow channel of the bobbin. The RF choke exhibits an impedance in the range of from about 15 M ohms to about 150 M ohms with respect to an RF frequency generated by an RF voltage source within the range of from about 500 KHz to about 3 MHz, and a power dissipation equal to, or less than, about 3 W with respect to a peak-to-peak RF voltage of an RF voltage source of at least about 1 kV.

A high-voltage (HV) power supply device outputs an output voltage based on a control signal generated by dual analog / digital feedback loops. The control signal is determined at least in part by an error amplifier that receives a measurement signal attenuated proportionally to the output voltage and an output signal from a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The ADC also receives the measurement signal and transmits it in digitized form to a digital processor. The digital processor calculates a digital DAC data signal based on the measurement signal and a digital setpoint input signal corresponding to a setpoint voltage value desired to be output from the high-voltage source. The DAC receives the DAC data signal and converts it into a DAC output signal that is transmitted to the error amplifier.

The gas analyzer (1) comprises a sample chamber (40) into which a sample gas (9) to be measured flows, a plasma generation circuit (10) that generates plasma (8) in the sample chamber (40), and an analyzer 30 that analyzes the sample gas via the plasma (8) generated in the sample chamber. The plasma generation circuit (10) includes a plasma induction circuit (13) and an RF power supply circuit (11) configured to supply RF power to the plasma induction circuit. The plasma induction circuit is directly incorporated as at least part of the resonant components of the RF power supply circuit.

The disclosure provides multimode configurable spectrometers, a method of operating a multimode configurable spectrometer, and an optical monitoring system. In one embodiment the multimode configurable spectrometer includes: (1) an optical sensor configured to receive an optical input and convert the optical input to electrical signals, wherein the optical sensor includes multiple active pixel regions for converting the optical input to the electrical signals, (2) conversion circuitry, having multiple selectable converting circuits, that is configured to receive and convert the electrical signals to a digital output according to a selected one of the selectable converting circuits, and (3) a sensor controller configured to set a synchronized operating mode to direct operation of the optical sensor and select, based on the synchronized operating mode, at least one of the selectable converting circuits to provide the digital output.

A detection signal processing apparatus configured to process detection signals received from a detector for identifying the presence of one or more substances of interest in a sample, the apparatus comprising: a detection signal coupling arranged to receive detection signals from said detector; an amplifier and an integration capacitor, the amplifier having inputs, with at least one input being connected to the detection signal coupling; and ringing circuitry capacitively coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier and being selectively operable to apply a ringing signal to said at least one of the inputs of the amplifier to cause amplifier protection circuitry of the amplifier to reset the integration capacitor.

A mass analyzer is provided. The mass analyzer includes an ion source, a plurality of electrodes, a jitter compensation motor, and a voltage source. The ion source is configured to output ions along an ion trajectory. An ion detector is configured to detect the ions along the ion trajectory. The plurality of electrodes are arranged along the ion trajectory. Each electrode of the plurality of electrodes has an associated mass shift per volt perturbation. A jitter compensation electrode is disposed along the ion trajectory. The jitter compensation electrode and the plurality of electrodes are respectively connected to the voltage source. The jitter compensation electrode has a mass shift per volt perturbation configured to compensate for a net mass shift per volt perturbation of the plurality of electrodes.

An apparatus (100, 300, 700) is described, comprising: a linear ion trap (102) comprising two pairs of pole electrodes and a radiofrequency, RF, electrical potential supply (117) configured to apply respective RF waveforms to the pairs of pole electrodes, thereby forming a RF trapping field component to trap analyte ions (116) radially in a trapping region (115) of the linear ion trap for processing of the analyte ions (116) therein; a charged particle source (101) comprising a pulse valve (103), a conduit (106, 107), having an entrance in fluid communication therewith and an exit, wherein the conduit (106, 107) extends in the direction of the trapping region (115), and a discharge device (108) electrically coupled to an electrical potential supply (109) and disposed between the entrance and the exit of the conduit (106, 107), wherein the pulse valve (103) is configured to release a gas pulse from a gas supply into the entrance of the conduit (106, 107) and wherein the electrical potential supply (109) is configured to apply a high voltage to the discharge device (108) to generate a discharge (110) in the gas pulse in the conduit (106, 107), thereby generating charged particles (114) from the gas and accelerating the generated charged particles in the direction of the trapping region (115). A method is also described.

An ion source assembly is described that includes an electron source configured to inject electrons into an ion volume to ionize an atom or molecule in the ion volume, wherein the electron source includes a filament. A lens electrode is positioned adjacent the electron source and includes an opening configured to pass electrons therethrough from the electron source into the ion volume. A supply voltage source is coupled to the filament and configured to supply a first voltage to the filament, wherein the first voltage is operable to ionize the molecules in the ion volume. Further, a bias voltage source is coupled to the supply voltage source and configured to supply a bias voltage to the lens electrode. Electrons striking the lens electrode are thereafter returned to the filament.

A mass spectrometry device can reduce a deviation in a mass axis due to the generation of heat from an AC voltage control circuit; and a method for controlling the mass spectrometry device. The mass spectrometry device has a quadrupole electrode, to which a controlled AC voltage is applied, and uses the quadrupole electrode as a mass filter. Before measurement, the mass spectrometry device applies an AC voltage of a prescribed amplitude V1 to the multipole electrode for a prescribed time T1, and a heating value J1 that is generated when the AC voltage of the prescribed amplitude V1 is applied to the multipole electrode for the prescribed time T1 is equivalent to a heating value that is generated when the AC voltage of the amplitude that is applied during the measurement is applied until a thermally steady state is reached (see FIG. 3A).

A high-voltage power supply system for a mass spectrometer comprises a ground-referenced power supply with a first transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding is electrically coupled to a first source of AC power, and a floated bias voltage power supply with a second transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary winding of the second transformer is electrically coupled to a second source of AC power. A return electrical path of the floated bias voltage power supply is electrically coupled to the ground-referenced power supply to bias an output voltage of the ground-referenced power supply. A floating shield is around the floating bias voltage power supply, and at least one resistive element is in the return electrical path of the floated bias voltage power supply to reduce noise coupled from the floated bias voltage power supply to the ground-referenced power supply.

Various embodiments provide ion traps or systems comprising ion traps that comprise a trapping portion and a radio frequency (RF) border electrode bounding the trapping portion. The RF border electrode comprises or is in electrical communication with a plurality of feed ports. In an example embodiment, the ion trap comprises a plurality of unit cells each comprising a respective trapping portion, a respective RF border electrode bounding the respective trapping portion, and a respective feed port of the plurality of feed ports.

An amplifier arrangement can provide a varying electrode voltage to an ion optical device. The amplifier arrangement comprises: a high-speed amplifier, configured to receive an input to the amplifier arrangement and provide a low voltage output; and a low-speed controllable voltage source, arranged to float on the low voltage output and configured to provide a high voltage output of the amplifier arrangement. The high voltage output of the amplifier arrangement is fed back for control of the high-speed amplifier. The amplifier arrangement beneficially forms part of a power supply for supplying the varying electrode voltage, for example as part of an ion analytical system.

A method of calibrating a mass spectrometer comprises generating calibration ions from an ion source that are transported from the ion source to a mass analyser of the mass spectrometer via an ion optics device. A characteristic voltage is applied to the ion optics device to control the transit of ions into or out of the ion optics device. The applied characteristic voltage results in an amount of unintentional dissociation of the calibration ions. An MS1 analysis of the calibration ions is performed using the mass analyser to obtain an MS1 spectrum. The amount of unintentional dissociation of the calibration ions in the MS1 spectrum is determined. The characteristic voltage is calibrated based on the amount of unintentional dissociation of the calibration ions to provide a target amount of unintentional dissociation during an MS1 analysis.

This disclosure primarily provides a method and system comprising the following steps: directing an ion beam to a region of a sample to release charged particles from the region of the sample, wherein the directed ion beam is pulsed at a first repetition rate; deflecting a first subset of the released charged particles from a first path to a second path different from the first path in response to a gate signal synchronized with the repetition rate of the pulsed ion beam; and detecting the first subset of the released charged particles in a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer to determine information about the sample, wherein the gate signal is a common reference time set for the TOF mass spectrometer for the first subset of charged particles released by each pulse of the ion beam.