US 12,224,170 B2
Charged particle detector
Wayne Sheils, Clyde (AU); Richard Stresau, Clyde (AU); and Kevin Hunter, Clyde (AU)
Assigned to ADAPTAS SOLUTIONS PTY LTD, Clyde (AU)
Appl. No. 16/617,963
Filed by ADAPTAS SOLUTIONS PTY LTD, Clyde New South Wales (AU)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2018, PCT No. PCT/AU2018/050545
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/218318, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/514,029, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0194246 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 43/30 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/025 (2013.01) [H01J 43/30 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/4255 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.