VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERRINGERUNG VON KOHÄRENTEM RAUSCHEN IN EINEM DIGITALEN SIGNALMITTLER

摘要

Apparatus and methods are provided for reducing coherent noise in measurements of repetitive analog signal waveforms by digital signal averagers. A conventional DSA (30) being used to record the time-dependent signal (5) constituting a portion of interest of an ion mass spectrum produced by a time-of-flight mass analyzer (25). Upon application of a voltage pulse (20) from a voltage pulse generator (21) to an electrode (22) boundingthe pulsing region (23), ions are accelerated into the time-of-flight measurement chamber (26), and arrive at a detector (27) with a time dependence that is proportional to the square-root of their mass-to-charge ratio.