title: Digital, synchronously timed control system for pulsed ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.
abstract: An integrated control system for a pulsed ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) mass spectrometer has been designed, constructed, and put into operation. It utilizes a crystal clock oscillator to accurately control the delay and width of the various pulses necessary for pulsed ICR operation. A switched integrator, sample/hold postdetection system is also described which improves aquisition, display, and signal-to-noise characteristics of the detected ion signal obtained from a gated marginal oscillator detector.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dugan
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Morgenthaler
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Daubach
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Eyler