Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Austin

Daniel E. Austin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Solid-state charge detector
    Patent number: 11443930
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for providing a charge detector that utilizes small feedback capacitors in a low-noise, high-gain, system that combines a differential topology in a solid-state amplifier implemented in a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process with active reset, thereby achieving high dynamic range and robust operations. A custom optoelectronic system is used to measure gain, and while operating at a sampling frequency of 10 kHz, the active reset extends the dynamic range of the charge detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Yixin Song, Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang, Aaron R. Hawkins, Daniel E. Austin
  • SOLID-STATE CHARGE DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20210050200
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for providing a charge detector that utilizes small feedback capacitors in a low-noise, high-gain, system that combines a differential topology in a solid-state amplifier implemented in a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process with active reset, thereby achieving high dynamic range and robust operations. A custom optoelectronic system is used to measure gain, and while operating at a sampling frequency of 10 kHz, the active reset extends the dynamic range of the charge detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yixin Song, Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang, Aaron R. Hawkins, Daniel E. Austin
  • Toroidal ion trap mass analyzer with cylindrical electrodes
    Patent number: 8642955
    Abstract: A combination of electrodes that are cylindrical and an asymmetric arrangement of cylindrical and planar electrodes are used to create electric fields that compensate for toroidal curvature in a toroidal ion trap, the design lending itself to high precision manufacturing and miniaturization, converging ion paths that enhance detection, higher pressure operation, and optimization of the shape of the electric fields by careful arrangement of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Daniel E. Austin, Nicholas R. Taylor
  • TOROIDAL ION TRAP MASS ANALYZER WITH CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20130214152
    Abstract: A combination of electrodes that are cylindrical and an asymmetric arrangement of cylindrical and planar electrodes are used to create electric fields that compensate for toroidal curvature in a toroidal ion trap, the design lending itself to high precision manufacturing and miniaturization, converging ion paths that enhance detection, higher pressure operation, and optimization of the shape of the electric fields by careful arrangement of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel E. Austin, Nicholas R. Taylor
  • Coaxial hybrid radio frequency ion trap mass analyzer
    Patent number: 7723679
    Abstract: A coaxial hybrid ion trap that uses two substantially planar opposing plates to generate electrical focusing fields that simultaneously generate at least two different types or shapes of trapping regions, wherein a first trapping region is a quadrupole trapping region disposed coaxially with respect to the opposing plates, and wherein a second trapping region is a toroidal ion trap having a toroidal trapping region that is simultaneously created around the quadrupole trapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Samuel E. Tolley, Daniel E. Austin, Aaron R. Hawkins, Edgar D. Lee
  • COAXIAL HYBRID RADIO FREQUENCY ION TRAP MASS ANALYZER
    Publication number: 20080210859
    Abstract: A coaxial hybrid ion trap that uses two substantially planar opposing plates to generate electrical focusing fields that simultaneously generate at least two different types or shapes of trapping regions, wherein a first trapping region is a quadrupole trapping region disposed coaxially with respect to the opposing plates, and wherein a second trapping region is a toroidal ion trap having a toroidal trapping region that is simultaneously created around the quadrupole trapping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Samuel E. Tolley, Daniel E. Austin, Aaron R. Hawkins, Edgar D. Lee