Charged particle detector
AssigneeAdaptas Solutions Pty Ltd
InventorsWayne Sheils, Richard Stresau, Kevin Hunter
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Abstract
Components of scientific analytical equipment and to complete items of analytic equipment. An apparatus and methods useful for detecting an ion in mass spectrometry applications are provided. The apparatus may include an electron multiplier having a high sensitivity and low sensitivity sections, or the combination of an electron multiplier with a separately powered conversion dynode (and particularly a high energy conversion dynode), or the combination of a conversion dynode that is physically incorporated within or about an electron multiplier.
Claims5
A particle detector comprising an electron multiplier and a conversion dynode, wherein the electron multiplier comprises a plurality of dynodes in an amplification chain configured to form an amplified electron signal output from a charged particle emitted by a conversion dynode, and wherein the electron multiplier is rotatable in any direction above the conversion dynode.
A method of arranging a particle detector within a mass spectrometer, the particle detector comprising an electron multiplier and a conversion dynode, the electron multiplier being rotatable in any direction above the conversion dynode, the method comprising:
- rotating the electron multiplier in any direction above the conversion dynode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.