ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,039, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Viken Detection Corp. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Drift tube field driving system and method" was invented by Adrian Delforge (Rockport, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating high voltage (HV) driving signals associated with an ion mobility detector comprises a ground-based HV base module and a HV deck module coupled by an interconnect module. The HV base module implements dual power supplies that together drive a drift tube voltage signal to the high-voltage-based deck module. Each of the power supplies is regulated by a combination open loop and closed loop controller. The ...