Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
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Application No.: US16315883Application Date: 2016-08-22
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Publication No.: US10593531B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Shiro Mizutani
- Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/074336 WO 20160822
- International Announcement: WO2018/037440 WO 20180301
- Main IPC: H01J49/02
- IPC: H01J49/02 ; H01J49/40

Abstract:
An acceleration voltage generator generates a high-voltage pulse applied to a push-out electrode, by operating a switch section to turn on and off a high direct-current voltage generated by a high-voltage power supply. A drive pulse signal is supplied from a controller to the switch section through a primary-side drive section, transformer, and secondary-side drive section. A primary-voltage controller receives a measurement result of ambient temperature of the acceleration voltage generator from a temperature sensor, and controls a primary-side power supply to change a primary-side voltage according to the temperature, thereby adjusting the voltage applied between the two ends of a primary winding of the transformer. The adjustment made on the primary-side voltage changes a slope angle of rise of a gate voltage in the MOSFET, and enables a correction to a discrepancy in the timing of the rise/fall of the high-voltage pulse caused by change in ambient temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190157058A1 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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