Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mass spectrometer with digital step attenuator
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Application No.: US15248401Application Date: 2016-08-26
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Publication No.: US09991106B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Martin Raymond Green , Steven Derek Pringle , Keith George Richardson
- Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Wilmslow
- Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wilmslow
- Priority: GB1515357.0 20150828
- Main IPC: H01J49/00
- IPC: H01J49/00 ; H01J49/02 ; H01J49/40 ; G01N27/62

Abstract:
A method is disclosed comprising passing a signal output from a detector through a programmable attenuator or a programmable amplifier prior to digitizing the signal, and switching an attenuation factor or gain factor of the programmable attenuator or the programmable amplifier one or more times during a data acquisition period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170062197A1 Mass Spectrometer with Digital Step Attenuator Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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