Swappable detector module for spectroscope systems
AssigneeThermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC
InventorsMin Yan, William Bayer, William Keefe
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Abstract
A removably insertable detector module for a spectroscope. An example microscope system includes a microscope plate, a plurality of posts fix-mounted to the microscope plate, and a detector module removably mounted to the microscope plate. The posts align the detector module with respect to the microscope plate. The detector module includes a detector base plate, a detector fix-mounted on the detector base plate, and an optical element fix-mounted on the detector base plate. The optical element is configured to receive a light and direct the light to the detector.
Claims21
A microscope system, comprising:
- a housing, wherein the housing includes an opening;
- a microscope plate fix-mounted to the housing;
- a swappable detector module removably mounted to the microscope plate and configured to be inserted into and removed from the housing through the opening, the swappable detector module comprising:
- a detector base plate;
- a detector fix-mounted on the detector base plate;
- and
- an optical element fix-mounted on the detector base plate, wherein the optical element is configured to receive a light and direct the light to the detector;
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- a plurality of posts fix-mounted to the microscope plate for aligning the swappable detector module relative to the microscope plate.
A swappable detector module for a microscope system having a microscope housing with an opening at the top and a microscope plate fix-mounted within the microscope housing, the swappable detector module comprising:
- a detector housing including a top plate, a bottom plate, and side wall extending from the bottom plate to the top plate, wherein the side wall includes an opening for light to enter the swappable detector module;
- a detector fix-mounted to the bottom plate and situated within the detector housing;
- an optical element fix-mounted on the bottom plate and situated within the detector housing, the optical element configured to receive the light entering the swappable detector module and direct the light to the detector;
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- at least one latch coupled to the top plate for locking the swappable detector module to the microscope plate,
- wherein the swappable detector module is configured to be inserted and removed from the microscope system from the opening of the microscope housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.