Detection system
AssigneeOxford Instruments Analytical Oy
InventorsIan Radley, Santokh Singh Bhadare, Christopher Tyrrell
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Abstract
A detection system for detecting X-ray radiation from a sample located in a microbeam instrument. The detection system comprises: a. a pulse tube cooler; b. a compressor connected to the pulse tube cooler; c. a sensor coupled to the pulse tube cooler; and, d. a housing containing the pulse tube cooler and the sensor. The pulse tube cooler, the sensor and at least part of the housing are sufficiently small to be positioned inside the microbeam instrument in use, thereby allowing the X-ray radiation from the sample to be detected by the sensor.
Claims18
A detection system for detecting X-ray radiation from a sample located in a microbeam instrument, the detection system comprising:
- a. a pulse tube cooler;
- b. a compressor connected to the pulse tube cooler;
- c. a sensor coupled to the pulse tube cooler;
- and,
- d. a housing containing the pulse tube cooler and the sensor,
- wherein the pulse tube cooler, the sensor and at least part of the housing are sufficiently small to be positioned inside the microbeam instrument in use, thereby allowing the X-ray radiation from the sample to be detected by the sensor.
A microbeam instrument having a vacuum port;
- and a detection system comprising:
- a. a pulse tube cooler;
- b. a compressor connected to the pulse tube cooler;
- c. a sensor coupled to the pulse tube cooler;
- and,
- d. a housing containing the pulse tube cooler and the sensor,
- wherein the pulse tube cooler, the sensor and at least part of the housing are sufficiently small to be positioned inside the microbeam instrument in use, thereby allowing the X-ray radiation from the sample to be detected by the sensor, the detection system being inserted through said vacuum port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.