Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
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Application No.: US16182437Application Date: 2018-11-06
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Publication No.: US10908103B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Ulrich Waldschläger , Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan
- Applicant: Bruker Nano GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Berlin
- Assignee: Bruker Nano GmbH
- Current Assignee: Bruker Nano GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Berlin
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Priority: EP17200054 20171106
- Main IPC: G01N23/223
- IPC: G01N23/223 ; G21K1/04 ; G21K1/06

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an X-ray fluorescence, XRF, spectrometer, for measuring X-ray fluorescence emitted by a target, wherein the XRF spectrometer comprises an X-ray tube with an anode to emit a divergent X-ray beam, a capillary lens that is configured to focus the divergent X-ray beam on the target, an aperture system that is positioned between the anode of the X-ray tube and the capillary lens and comprises at least one pinhole, and a detector that is configured for detecting X-ray fluorescence radiation emitted by the target, wherein the at least one pinhole is configured for being inserted into the divergent X-ray beam and for reducing a beam cross section of the divergent X-ray beam between the anode and the capillary lens. The present invention further relates to an aperture system for a spectrometer, to the use of an aperture system for adjusting the focal depth of a spectrometer and to a method for adjusting the focal depth of as spectrometer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190137422A1 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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