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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
James G Van Vliet, La Habra, CA (US);
James R Brown, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250207 ;
Abstract
A photomultiplier detector protection system and method utilizing a negative feedback loop to maintain the photomultiplier detector output below a predetermined output. The feedback loop comprises a comparator responsive to the photomultiplier detector output and also responsive to a predetermined limit signal. The comparator output is applied to a summing amplifier which also receives a voltage adjust signal. The output of the summing amplifier controls the output of a power supply which is in turn applied to the photomultiplier detector.