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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Frank Buckley, Warrington, GB;
Roger Smith, Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/40 (2006.01); H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H02M 1/14 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/401 (2013.01); H01J 49/0086 (2013.01); H01J 49/022 (2013.01); H01J 49/10 (2013.01); H01J 49/403 (2013.01); H02M 1/14 (2013.01); H02M 1/0016 (2021.05);
Abstract
A drive unit for driving an acceleration electrode of a mass spectrometer is disclosed. The drive unit includes a power converter comprising a switching element and pulsing circuitry that can form output pulses suitable for driving an acceleration electrode of a mass spectrometer. The drive unit also includes a controller that is configured to synchronise operation of the switching element with the pulsing circuitry.