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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
August Jon Hidalgo, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Christian Fjeldsted, Redwood City, CA (US);
William Daniel Frazer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl Alan Myerholtz, San Jose, CA (US);
August Jon Hidalgo, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Christian Fjeldsted, Redwood City, CA (US);
William Daniel Frazer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carl Alan Myerholtz, San Jose, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a spectra combiner. The ion detector is configured to generate an analog signal indicative of ions detected by the ion detector. The first amplifier is configured to amplify the analog signal to provide a first amplified signal having a first gain relative to the analog signal. The second amplifier is configured to amplify the analog signal to provide a second amplified signal having a second gain relative to the analog signal, and the first gain is different than the second gain. The spectra combiner is configured to combine first summed digital samples of the first amplified signal with second summed digital samples of the second amplified signal.