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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Thermo Finnigan Llc, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hongxuan Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Scott T. Quarmby, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

THERMO FINNIGAN LLC, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H03F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/022 (2013.01); H01J 49/0027 (2013.01); H03F 1/32 (2013.01); H03F 2200/375 (2013.01);
Abstract

A signal processing assembly for a detector includes a signal amplifier, a control unit, and an offset control module. The signal amplifier is configured to receive an input signal from the detector assembly and to provide an output signal. The control unit is configured to compare a first data point from the output signal with a signal range, and to generate an input bias control signal based upon the comparison. The offset control module is coupled with the control unit and configured to receive the input bias control signal. The offset control module includes a power supply operatively coupled with an input of the signal amplifier, and the offset control module is configured to generate and apply an adaptive input offset signal at the input of the signal amplifier based upon the input bias control signal.


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