US 11,699,579 B2
Mass spectrometry system
Andrew David Morse, Cranfield (GB); Geraint Huw Morgan, Cranfield (GB); and Simon Sheridan, Cranfield (GB)
Assigned to APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD, Cranfield (GB)
Appl. No. 17/264,060
Filed by APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD, Cranfield (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/051943
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/030886, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1812799 (GB), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287890 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 49/14 (2006.01); H01J 49/26 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H01J 49/022 (2013.01) [H01J 49/147 (2013.01); H01J 49/26 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mass spectrometry system comprising:
a mass spectrometer having an ion source having a plurality of high-voltage inputs of different voltages;
a first high-voltage control circuit having a microcontroller and a first high-voltage-circuit wireless communicator, the microcontroller of the first high-voltage control circuit being configured to control a power supply to at least one of the plurality of high-voltage input of the ion source;
a second high-voltage control circuit having a microcontroller and a second high-voltage-circuit wireless communicator, the microcontroller of the second high-voltage control circuit being configured to control a power supply to at least one of the plurality of high-voltage inputs; and
an interface circuit comprising a wireless communication means, and a microcontroller which is in communication with the wireless communication means;
wherein the first and second high-voltage control circuits are physically spaced apart from and are at different ground planes to one another, the interface circuit providing communication therebetween by communication between the wireless communication means and the first and second high-voltage wireless communicators.