Electron capture detector
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11971394B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17047606

    申请日:2019-04-16

    IPC分类号: G01N30/70 G01N27/66 H01J49/08

    CPC分类号: G01N30/70 G01N27/66 H01J49/08

    摘要: The electron capture detector (100) is a device for detecting a sample (α1). The electron capture detector (100) includes a detection cell (1), a sample inlet (2), and an electron emitting element (20). The detection cell (1) forms a reaction chamber (6). The sample inlet (2) introduces a first carrier gas containing the sample (α1) into the reaction chamber (6). The electron emitting element (20) emits electrons (β) into the reaction chamber (6). An ion (α2) derived from the sample component is generated as a result of the electron emitting element (20) emitting electrons (β) into the reaction chamber (6).

    Electron capture dissociation (ECD) utilizing electron beam generated low energy electrons

    公开(公告)号:US11217437B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16298654

    申请日:2019-03-11

    IPC分类号: H01J49/00 H01J49/06 H01J49/08

    摘要: Electron capture dissociation (ECD) is performed by transmitting an electron beam through a cell along an electron beam axis, generating plasma in the cell by energizing a gas with the electron beam, and transmitting an ion beam through the interaction region along an ion beam axis to produce fragment ions. Generating the plasma forms an interaction region in the cell spaced from and not intersecting the electron beam, and including low-energy electrons effective for ECD. The ion beam axis may be at an angle to and offset from the ion beam axis, such that the electron beam does not intersect the ion beam.

    Robust ion source
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10892153B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16713713

    申请日:2019-12-13

    IPC分类号: H01J49/14 H01J49/08

    摘要: Apparatus (e.g., ion source), systems (e.g., residual gas analyzer), and methods provide extended life and improved analytical stability of mass spectrometers in the presence of contamination gases while achieving substantial preferential ionization of sampled gases over internal background gases. One embodiment is an ion source that includes a gas source, nozzle, electron source, and electrodes. The gas source delivers gas via the nozzle to an evacuated ionization volume and is at a higher pressure than that of the evacuated ionization volume. Gas passing through the nozzle freely expands in an ionization region of the ionization volume. The electron source emits electrons through the expanding gas in the ionization region to ionize at least a portion of the expanding gas. The electrodes create electrical fields for ion flow from the ionization region to a mass filter and are located at distances from the nozzle and oriented to limit their exposure to the gas.

    EELS detection technique in an electron microscope

    公开(公告)号:US10832901B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US16424206

    申请日:2019-05-28

    申请人: FEI Company

    摘要: A method of performing Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) in an electron microscope, comprising: Producing a beam of electrons from a source; Using an illuminator to direct said beam so as to irradiate the specimen; Using an imaging system to receive a flux of electrons transmitted through the specimen and direct it onto a spectroscopic apparatus comprising: A dispersion device, for dispersing said flux in a dispersion direction so as to form an EELS spectrum; and A detector, comprising a detection surface that is sub-divided into a plurality of detection zones, specifically comprising: Using at least a first detection zone, a second detection zone and a third detection zone to register a plurality of EELS spectral entities; and Reading out said first and said second detection zones whilst said third detection zone is registering one of said plurality of EELS spectral entities.

    MASS SPECTROMETER, SAMPLING PROBE, AND ANALYSIS METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200328071A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16814036

    申请日:2020-03-10

    IPC分类号: H01J49/08 H01J49/04

    摘要: A mass spectrometer, includes: a sampling probe that irradiates a specimen disposed in the atmosphere with an electron and obtains a sample separated from the specimen; and a measurement unit that performs mass spectrometry of the sample obtained by the sampling probe, wherein the sampling probe comprises: a casing having an opening which is opened to the atmosphere and an outlet through which the sample is discharged to the measurement unit; and a surface emission type electron emission element housed in the casing such that an electron emission surface thereof opposes to the opening.

    Electron source for an RF-free electronmagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell and use in a tandem mass spectrometer
    8.
    发明授权
    Electron source for an RF-free electronmagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell and use in a tandem mass spectrometer 有权
    用于无RF电子静电电子诱导解离电池的电子源,并用于串联质谱仪

    公开(公告)号:US09305760B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-05

    申请号:US14420545

    申请日:2013-08-15

    摘要: An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于无串联电磁静电电池中电子诱导解离的电子源,用于串联质谱仪中的安装。 电磁静电电子诱导解离单元可以包括至少一个具有设置在其中的开口的磁体,并且具有延伸穿过该开口的纵向轴线,该磁体具有与之相关联的磁通线,以及具有包括片材的电子发射表面的电子发射器, 所述发射极围绕所述轴设置在相对于所述磁体的位置处,其中所述电子发射表面基本上垂直于所述电子发射表面处的磁通线。

    DETECTORS AND METHODS OF USING THEM
    9.
    发明申请
    DETECTORS AND METHODS OF USING THEM 有权
    检测器及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150162174A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-11

    申请号:US14552303

    申请日:2014-11-24

    摘要: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to detectors and systems using them. In some examples, the detector can include a plurality of dynodes, in which one or more of the dynodes are coupled to an electrometer. In some instances, an analog signal from a non-saturated dynode is measured and cross-calibrated with a pulse count signal to extend the dynamic range of the detector.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述的某些实施例涉及使用它们的检测器和系统。 在一些示例中,检测器可以包括多个倍增电极,其中一个或多个倍增电极耦合到静电计。 在一些情况下,测量来自非饱和倍增极的模拟信号并用脉冲计数信号进行交叉校准,以扩展检测器的动态范围。

    Apparatus for removing ions from an electron beam
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for removing ions from an electron beam 失效
    用于从电子束去除离子的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5616920A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-01

    申请号:US538865

    申请日:1995-10-04

    申请人: Erich Plies

    发明人: Erich Plies

    摘要: Purely electrical or magnetic deflection systems are usually utilized in the probe-shaping part of modern electron beam tomographs in order to remove the gas ions generated in the evacuated drift tube by electron impact from the beam. The known deflection systems, however, cause an offset of the electron beam, so that this enters extra-axially into the lens element following the deflection system. In the apparatus for removing ions from an electron beam disclosed herein, a deflection unit (Wien filter) generates an E.times.B field oriented perpendicular to the beam axis that exerts strong shearing forces only on the positively charged gas ions, but does not influence the electrons. The deflection unit is essentially composed of two tube electrodes lying at a constant potential, of an electrostatic octopole deflector, and two saddle coil pairs annularly surrounding the octopole deflector. The apparatus is useful for fast electron beam tomographs, including x-ray scanners.

    摘要翻译: 通常在现代电子束断层摄影机的探针成形部分中采用纯电气或磁偏转系统,以便通过电子束从电子束中去除真空漂移管中产生的气体离子。 然而,已知的偏转系统引起电子束的偏移,使得其在偏转系统之后进入到轴向进入透镜元件。 在用于从本文公开的电子束去除离子的装置中,偏转单元(维恩滤波器)产生垂直于光束轴线定向的ExB场,其仅在带正电荷的气体离子上施加强剪切力,但不影响电子。 偏转单元基本上由位于恒定电位的静电八极偏转器的两个管电极和环形围绕八极偏转器的两个鞍形线圈组成。 该装置适用于快速电子束断层扫描仪,包括x射线扫描仪。