Optical spectrometer and method of implementing optical spectroscopy

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5963322
SERIAL NO

09027901

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

An optical spectrometer (1) with an interferometer having a means for varying the optical path difference comprising a drive (8), and with a detector (6) for recording optical signals from the interferometer and converting them into electrical analog signals, wherein an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (9) is connected to the detector (6) digitizing the electrical analog signals in a time-equidistant manner, is characterized in that the data acquisition electronics (17) are supplied by a switched power supply (14), the clock of which is derived from the same reference oscillator (16) as the clock of the signal digitization by the ADC (9). In contrast to known spectrometers with spatially equidistant sampling of the detector signal, the design of the spectrometer according to the invention is considerably cheaper and more compact with respect to its voltage supply elements. Galvanic separation of the data acquisition electronics and the electronic control unit of the linear drive is no longer required.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
BRUKER OPTICS INC19 FORTUNE DRIVE BILLERICA MA 01821

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Rapp, Norbert Hagenbach, DE 8 110
Simon, Arno Karlsruhe, DE 26 393

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation