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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
John Christian Fjeldsted, Redwood City, CA (US);
August Jon Hidalgo, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Daniel Frazer, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Christian Fjeldsted, Redwood City, CA (US);
August Jon Hidalgo, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Daniel Frazer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a sample adjuster, and an adder. The A/D converter is configured to receive and sample an analog signal from the ion detector thereby providing a plurality of samples. The adder is configured to sum the samples, and the summed samples define a mass spectrum. The sample adjuster is configured to identify a peak defined by the samples and to suppress at least one of the samples of the peak such that a resolution of a peak within the mass spectrum is enhanced.