公开(公告)号：US06795181B2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-21

申请号：US10621648

申请日：2003-07-17

Applicant: Vanessa Mary Joy McCallum ,  Martin Kaselis ,  Hans Heinrich Egli

Inventor： Vanessa Mary Joy McCallum ,  Martin Kaselis ,  Hans Heinrich Egli

IPC: G01J328

CPC classification number: G01J3/4406 ,  G01J3/0275 ,  G01J3/0291 ,  G01J3/28

Abstract: A spectrometry instrument with exchangeable accessories (34, 48, 50, 52) providing, for example, different sample presentation facilities. The accessories include a manually operable cam-lock facility (54, 68) for quick and easy attachment of an accessory to the instrument. The instrument also includes an electrical circuit (86-90), which is completed by a circuit portion (100) in an accessory when the accessory is attached to the instrument, for generating a unique identifying voltage (94) to thereby identify that accessory. This allows for automatic loading in a controlling computer of programs for setting up and running the instrument for measurement regimes using that accessory. The spectrometry instrument is preferably a spectrophotometer used for phosphorescence decay measurements in which sequential phosphorescence emission measurements data from each of a number of excitation cycles applied to a sample are taken and then reassembled into a correct time sequence to define a phosphorescence decay characteristic for the sample, that is, measured data points from a second (and subsequent) excitation cycle are interleaved with those from a first excitation cycle. This significantly reduces the time for establishing a phosphorescence decay characteristic.

公开(公告)号：US06657720B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US09831244

申请日：2001-07-02

Applicant: Martin Kaselis

Inventor： Martin Kaselis

IPC: G01N2164

CPC classification number: G01J3/4406 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/0202 ,  G01J3/0264 ,  G01J3/0275 ,  G01J3/0291 ,  G01J3/2889 ,  G01N21/6408 ,  G01N2021/641 ,  G01N2021/6417 ,  G01N2021/6421

Abstract: A spectrometry instrument, e.g., for time-resolved spectroscopy, has quick-change exchangeable accessories (48, 50, 52) which are manually attached via rotation of a camming means to engage and lock a stud member. A circuit element in each accessory (48, 50, 52), such as a resistor or a configured pin connection, acts to generate a voltage in the instrument that uniquely identifies which accessory is attached. A method for measuring a phosphorescence decay characteristic includes applying an excitation pulse to a sample (34); obtaining emission intensity data for a sequence of time delays following the excitation pulse; repeating for at least one further excitation pulse using a different sequence of time delays; and interleaving the data from different excitation pulses to construct a decay characteristic.

Abstract translation: 例如用于时间分辨光谱的光谱仪器具有快速可更换的附件（48,50,52），其通过凸轮装置的旋转手动附接以接合和锁定螺柱构件。 每个附件（48,50,52）中的电路元件（诸如电阻器或配置的引脚连接）用于在仪器中产生唯一地识别哪个附件附接的电压。 一种测量磷光衰变特性的方法包括向样品（34）施加激发脉冲; 获得激励脉冲之后的一系列时间延迟的发射强度数据; 使用不同的时间延迟序列重复至少一个另外的激励脉冲; 并且对来自不同激励脉冲的数据进行交织以构成衰减特性。