WO2008008867A3 - Data acquisition system and method for a spectrometer - Google Patents

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WO2008008867A3
WO2008008867A3 PCT/US2007/073308 US2007073308W WO2008008867A3 WO 2008008867 A3 WO2008008867 A3 WO 2008008867A3 US 2007073308 W US2007073308 W US 2007073308W WO 2008008867 A3 WO2008008867 A3 WO 2008008867A3
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Michael C Mason
Peter M Willis
Mark R Wheeler
Viatcheslav B Artaev
Julie R Pitz
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Michael C Mason
Peter M Willis
Mark R Wheeler
Viatcheslav B Artaev
Julie R Pitz
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/0027Methods for using particle spectrometers
    • H01J49/0036Step by step routines describing the handling of the data generated during a measurement
    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
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    • H01J49/34Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/40Time-of-flight spectrometers

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A data acquisition system (20) and method are described that may be used with various spectrometer systems (10). The data acquisition system may include an ion detector (42) and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may include an initial processing module (22) and a spectra processing module (26). According to one embodiment, the spectra processing module generates stick spectra and supplies the stick spectra to an external processor (27). The stick spectra comprise a peak intensity, resolution, and a location in the spectra for each detected peak. The initial processing module may contiguously sample the ion detection signals at a rate matched to the capabilities of the ion detector (up to at least 1.5 GHz) over a full spectral range. The spectra processing module may receive the processed signals and generate spectra from the processed signals at a rate matched to the time response of the separation techniques (up to 200 spectra/second).
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