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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Urs Steiner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Urs Steiner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method controlling an ion detector, one or more ion input signals are received at the ion detector. A data point indicative of an intensity of at least one of the received ion input signals is acquired. Asynchronously with acquiring the data point, a drive voltage applied to the ion detector is regulated to operate the ion detector at a gain optimal for the intensity of at least one of the received ion input signals. An ion detector for implementing the method is also provided.