WO2010079312A1 - Dispositif de mesure et de traitement d'un signal d'entree de grande dynamique, detecteur de fuites et procede de mesure et de traitement correspondants - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a device for measuring and processing a high dynamic input signal, a leak detector and a corresponding measurement and processing method.
- Electron multipliers are components that have an amplification function. Their gain generally very important, can go up to 10 5 . They are used in various applications where very weak signals are processed. These include, among others, the measurement of light energy (photomultipliers) in the visible or invisible, image intensifiers, measurement of nuclear radiation (ionization chambers), mass spectrometry and in particular the detection of helium leak.
- the signals to be processed in some cases have a dynamics of the order of 10 8 . It is therefore necessary to have a measurement chain that includes the electron multiplier and a signal compressor amplifier. This element alone can not sufficiently reduce the output dynamics. It is then necessary to intervene on the gain of the electron multiplier to achieve additional compression. This is achieved by acting on its supply voltage.
- the gain of the measurement chain in particular by action on said supply voltage, is controlled in a discontinuous manner, either manually by the use of a switch or in more advanced systems, by automatic electronic commutation or by multiple measurement chains. This discontinuity in the transfer functions generates undesirable effects such as significant response times or instabilities when the signal is at the limit of two amplification ranges.
- Document EP 0 402 827 a device for processing the signal received by an electron multiplier, which allows a continuous measurement of the signal over a large dynamic range, comprising an electron multiplier receiving the input signal Io, an electron multiplier, is already known.
- high voltage supply of the multiplier provided with a control circuit, a feedback loop comprising a compressor amplifier delivering the output signal and also acting on the control circuit so as to vary the gain of the electron multiplier continuously on the measurement dynamic, as a function of the output signal IoG of the electron multiplier.
- the device thus produced makes it possible to process a high dynamic input signal to obtain an exploitable linear output signal which can represent the input signal received by the electron multiplier over a wide range of the input signal up to eight decades.
- the high voltage power supply determines the gain of the electron multiplier. This power supply is modulated by the control circuit receiving the output signal of the device. For this, the control circuit has adjustable gain and offset parameters that define the range of the output signal.
- the conventional method is to inject two different input currents and adjust the corresponding gain and offset parameters for each value of the input current.
- this setting is not immediate. Indeed, the gain and offset parameters of the control circuit are interdependent and influence each other. In other words, the setting of the gain parameter of the control circuit results in the modification of both the offset and the gain of the range of the output signal. Likewise, the successive setting of the shift parameter of the control circuit results in the modification of both the offset and the gain of the range of the output signal.
- the interdependence of these two parameters requires fine tuning of the control circuit parameters requiring a number of iterations to arrive at the desired output signal range. This setting may be relatively long since it may take several minutes to obtain a satisfactory stabilization of the output signal IoG after each change of the injected input current Io.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device for measuring and processing a high dynamic input signal, a leak detector and a corresponding measurement and processing method, which do not have these disadvantages.
- the subject of the invention is a device for measuring and processing an input signal of at least two decades, comprising:
- an electron multiplier having an exponential gain as a function of its supply voltage and receiving said input signal
- a power control circuit whose gain and offset parameters are adjustable and defines a range of the output signal by varying the exponential gain of said multiplier
- a logarithmic compressor amplifier whose output is, on the one hand, received at the input of the control circuit for varying the exponential gain of the electron multiplier so as to continues on the measurement dynamic, as a function of the output signal of the electron multiplier, and on the other hand forms the output signal of said device, characterized in that it further comprises measurement and calculation means for determining the value of the exponent of the exponential gain of the electron multiplier and calculating the values of the gain and offset parameters of said control circuit from the value of said determined exponent.
- Determining the exponent of the gain of the electron multiplier prior to determining the theoretical gain and offset parameter values of the control circuit makes it possible to accurately determine these without the need to perform many iterative measurements.
- said measurement and calculation means are able to vary the supply voltage and to measure a signal representative of the output signal of the corresponding electron multiplier for each voltage d
- the measurement and calculation means are able to measure a signal representative of the output signal of the electron multiplier and the output signal of the power supply, as a function of two predetermined input signals applied to the input of the electron multiplier, for calculating the values of the gain and offset parameters of the control circuit to be applied, from the values measured signals and the value of said determined exponent
- the logarithmic compressor amplifier comprises an amplifier and a logari compressor thmique, the output of said amplifier being received at the input of said logarithmic compressor, and the measurement and calculation means are able to measure output signals of the log compressor amplifier to determine a signal representative of the output signal of the multiplier of the logarithmic compressor.
- said device comprises controllable means for applying at least one predetermined input signal and a processing unit for driving said measurement and calculation means and said controllable means automatically and for producing said logarithmic compressor and the control circuit by a computer program
- the device comprises a calibrated gas injection means connected to a solenoid valve of said controllable means.
- the invention also relates to a leak detector comprising ionization means for ionizing an incident gas flow, a mass spectrometer for deflecting the flow of ionized gas, characterized in that it comprises a measuring device and processing a high dynamic input signal as described above, the input of the electron multiplier being connected to the output of the mass spectrometer.
- the subject of the invention is also a method for measuring and processing an input signal implemented in a device for measuring and processing an input signal of at least two decades as described above, characterized in that the value of the exponent of the exponential gain of the electron multiplier is determined to calculate the values of the gain and offset parameters of said control circuit from the value of said determined exponent. According to other characteristics of the measurement and treatment process,
- the log compressor amplifier representative of the output signal of said multiplier, so as to determine the slope of a linear relationship between the output voltage of the amplifier and the supply voltage, corresponding to the value of the exponent of the exponential gain of said electron multiplier, - a signal representative of the output signal of the electron multiplier and the output signal of the power supply are measured as a function of two predetermined input signals applied to the input of the multiplier of electrons, for calculating the values of the gain and offset parameters of the control circuit to be applied, from the values of the measured signals. res and the value of said determined exponent.
- FIG. 1 represents a diagram of a measuring and processing device
- FIG. 2 represents a multiplier of FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of the microchannel wafer of FIG. 2
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing an example of an output signal of the measuring device and of processing according to a corresponding input signal on a logarithmic scale.
- the identical elements bear the same reference numbers.
- FIG. 1 represents a device for measuring and processing an input signal I o of at least two decades, that is to say of great dynamic range.
- the measuring and processing device finds application in particular in a particular field of mass spectrometry which relates to helium leak detection. It is a question of measuring the partial pressure of helium contained in the residual atmosphere of an enclosure whose imperviousness one wishes to check. Two cases are common. If the enclosure is of a large volume, a pump is used to evacuate it, create an atmosphere surrounding this enclosure enriched with helium, control gas, and analyze the pumped gas by checking if it is also , enriched in helium.
- a leak detector comprising ionization means 1 for ionizing the incident gas flow, a mass spectrometer 2 for deflecting the flow of ionized gas, as well as the measurement and treatment device.
- the mass spectrometer 2 comprises a filter whose purpose is to deviate spatially the gas molecules previously ionized by the ionization means 1 as a function of their m / q ratio, where m is the mass of the molecule and q its charge.
- the spectrometer 2 is calibrated on the helium peak.
- the incident helium ions are converted into electrons and then multiplied to create an electronic current IoG which will be processed to obtain an output signal of the device Vout.
- the device comprises an electron multiplier 4 having a gain varying exponentially according to its supply voltage Vm and receiving the input signal Io, a high voltage supply supplying the supply voltage Vm to the multiplier 4, a circuit 6 of the power supply 5, defining a range of the output signal of the device by varying the exponential gain of the multiplier 4, and a logarithmic compressor amplifier 7.
- the output of the logarithmic compressor amplifier 7 is on the one hand, received at the input of the control circuit 6 to vary the exponential gain of the electron multiplier 4 continuously on the measurement dynamic, as a function of the output signal IoG of the electron multiplier 4, and on the other hand, the output signal of the device Vout.
- the electron multiplier 4 is for example a microchannel wafer shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- the microchannel wafer transforms a stream of particles from the mass spectrometer 2 into a stream of incident electrons and acts on this flow of electrons. incident electrons as an electron multiplier.
- the microchannel wafer comprises a multitude of microchannels 4a arranged approximately in the axis of the incident flow. Each microchannel 4a is an elementary electron multiplier.
- the microchannel 4a is coated with a high resistivity layer whose secondary emission coefficient is greater than unity.
- an electron incident by successive shocks and progression in the microchannel 4a generates at the exit of the wafer a large number of electrons. This number of electrons corresponds to a gain.
- All microchannels 4a is electrically connected by the coating of a metal layer 4b on each of the two flat faces of the wafer.
- the supply voltage Vm from the high voltage supply 5 is applied between its two faces.
- the supply voltage Vm is generally between 400 and 1500 volts. It determines the gain of the electron multiplier.
- the supply voltage Vm is for example proportional to the signal Ve applied to the input of the power supply 5, resulting from the control circuit 6 (relation (I))
- Vm KVm * Ve (KVm: constant proportional factor)
- the gain of the microchannel wafer is an exponential function of the supply voltage Vm applied thereto.
- the exponential gain of the multiplier 4 corresponds to a * Vm b where a corresponds to a multiplying factor and b corresponds to the exponent of the exponential gain.
- the exponential gain is therefore proportional to the product of the supply voltage Vm by itself b times.
- the electron multiplier 4 receiving the particle stream may be followed by an electron collector (not shown) which produces an electronic current IoG, according to relation (2).
- This IoG current is injected on the compressor amplifier 7 which amplifies the IoG signal and compresses it so as to reduce its dynamics.
- the output signal Vout of this compressor amplifier 7 can then be exploited.
- the device comprises for example display means of the output signal for displaying the output signal Vout.
- the logarithmic compressor amplifier 7 comprises an amplifier 8 and a logarithmic compressor 9.
- the Vamp output of the amplifier 8 is received in input of the logarithmic compressor 9 and corresponds to the amplified IoG electronic current of a constant gain Kamp, according to the relation (3) resulting from the relation (2):
- Vamp Kamp * a * Vm b * Io
- the logarithmic compressor 9 provides a compression function of the Vamp output, so that the output signal Vout corresponds to Log (Vamp) (relation (4)).
- the high voltage supply 5 of the electron multiplier 4 is modulated by the control circuit 6 receiving the output signal Vout.
- the supply voltage Vm is maximum when the electronic current IoG is minimal or zero, and minimum when the electronic current IoG is maximum. This results in further compression of the dynamics of the measurement chain.
- the control circuit 6 of the power supply 5 of the multiplier 4 is a linear amplifier such that the high voltage Vm produced by the power supply 5 is a linear function of the output signal Vout.
- the linear amplification control circuit 6 comprises a gain parameter 10 and an adjustable offset parameter 11 (or "offset" in English). We have the relation (5).
- control circuit 6 and the compressor amplifier 7 are analog electronic circuits and the gain and offset 11 parameters are adjustable by potentiometers.
- the amplifier 8 is for example an operational amplifier.
- the logarithmic compressor 9 and the control circuit 6 are made by a computer program implemented in a processing unit 12 comprising a microprocessor.
- the device then comprises an analog digital converter 13 at the output of the amplifier 8 and at the input of the compressor 9, a digital analog converter 14 at the input of the power supply 5 to produce the analog signal Ve and a digital analog converter 15 at the output Vout of the device.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of the output signal Vout of a signal processing device for a leak detector, as a function of a corresponding input signal Io on a logarithmic scale abscissa according to the first embodiment.
- the relationship between the output signal Vout and the logarithm of the input current Io is linear.
- the processing device thus makes it possible to convert an incident flux of helium ions having a dynamics of 10 8 (varying approximately between 10 14 and 10 6 ampere) into a current IoG electronics and amplify this electronic current to produce an output signal Vout whose output signal range is between 0 and 8 V.
- the device makes it possible to process a high dynamic input signal to obtain an exploitable linear output signal Vout making it possible to represent the input signal received by the electron multiplier 4 over a wide range of a signal of entry of eight decades.
- the device further comprises measurement and calculation means for determining the value of the exponent b of the exponential gain of the electron multiplier 4 and for calculating the values of the gain and offset parameters 11 of the control circuit 6 to from the value of the exponent b determined.
- the measurement and calculation means are able to vary the supply voltage Vm and to measure a signal representative of the output signal IoG of the corresponding electron multiplier 4 for each supply voltage Vm, to calculate the value of the exponent b of the exponential gain of the electron multiplier 4 from the measured values.
- the measurement and calculation means can measure Vamp output signals of the amplifier 8 representative of the output signal IoG of the electron multiplier 4.
- the device may also comprise controllable means for applying the predetermined input signal Io and vary the supply voltage Vm, so that the processing unit 12 can drive the measurement and calculation means and the controllable means of Automatic way.
- the device comprises at least one calibrated gas injection means 16 connected to a solenoid valve 17 of the controllable means.
- the controllable means can control the opening of the solenoid valve 17 downstream of the calibrated gas injection means 16.
- the flow of gas is then directed to the ionization means 1 and the mass spectrometer 2, to apply a predetermined ion flow Io of ions on the electron multiplier 4.
- the measurement and calculation means are capable of measuring a signal representative of the output signal of the electron multiplier, such as the output signal of the amplifier Vampl, Vamp2, and the output signal of the amplifier.
- VmI feed, Vm2 based on two predetermined input signals IoPF, IoGF applied to the input of the electron multiplier 4. From the values of the measured signals and the value of the exponent b determined, the means Measurement and calculations can calculate the values of the gain and offset parameters 11 of the control circuit 6 to be applied.
- the device comprises means controllable by the processing unit 12 for applying two predetermined input signals IoPF, IoGF automatically.
- the first predetermined input signal IoPF corresponds for example to a small calibrated gas injection and the second predetermined input signal IoGF corresponds to a larger calibrated injection of gas, such as at least a hundred times greater than the small one. injection.
- the device can thus comprise two calibrated gas injection means 16, 18, connected to respective solenoid valves 17, 19 of the controllable means.
- the method for measuring and processing a high dynamic input signal implemented in the device for measuring and processing a high dynamic input signal comprises the following steps.
- the value of the exponent b of the exponential gain of the electron multiplier 4 is determined to calculate the values of the gain and offset parameters 11 of the control circuit 6 from the value of the exponent b determined.
- a predetermined current I o is first applied to the input of the electron multiplier 4.
- the supply voltage Vm of the multiplier 4 is varied, for example by changing the set point of Ve in the computer program implementing the control circuit 6, and the output voltage of the amplifier of the logarithmic compressor Vamp is measured. representative of the output signal IoG of the multiplier 4.
- the method may comprise a successive step in which the values of the gain and offset parameters 11 of the control circuit 6 are determined theoretically.
- a first predetermined current IoGF is applied, corresponding, for example, to a signal of a large calibrated injection of gas at the input of the electron multiplier 4.
- VAMPGF the output signal of the amplifier 8, by VmGF, the output signal of the power supply 5 and by VoutGF, the output signal of the device, with the predetermined current IoGF and the parameters of gain and theoretical offset to obtain the desired VoutGF signal.
- VampO is designated the initial output signal of the amplifier 8 and VmO, the output signal of the power supply 5, with the predetermined current IoPF and the initial gain and offset parameters.
- VampO (VampGF / VampO) 1 / b * VeO
- VampGF (VampGF / VampO) 1 / b * VeO
- VampGF can be deduced from relation (4).
- VmO and therefore VeO according to relation (I)
- VampO and therefore VoutGF wanted, it is possible to determine VeGF.
- a second predetermined current IoPF corresponding, for example, to a signal of a smaller calibrated injection of gas is applied to the input of the electron multiplier 4.
- VoutPF denotes the output signal of the desired device with the predetermined current IoPF and the theoretical gain and offset parameters.
- Vamp the output signal of the amplifier 8 and VmI is designated the output signal of the power supply 5, with the predetermined current IoPF and the initial gain and offset parameters.
- the theoretical values of the gain and offset parameters 11 to be applied are calculated from the values of the desired signals VoutGF, VoutPF, the calculated values VeGF and VePF and the value of the exponent b determined by the exponential gain.
- the exponential gain of the multiplier 4 corresponds to A * exp (B * Vm) where A corresponds to a multiplying factor and B corresponds to the exponent of the exponential gain.
- the exponential gain is therefore proportional to the basic exponential function e of the product of the supply voltage Vm by the exponent B.
- Vout In (Vamp) (In being the natural logarithm)
- VeGF 1 / (B * KVm) * ln (VampGF / VampO) + VeO
- a second predetermined current IoPF is applied to determine VePF in the same way.
- the theoretical values of the gain and offset parameters 11 to be applied are calculated from the values of the desired signals VoutGF, VoutPF, the calculated values VeGF and VePF and the value of the exponent B determined by the exponential gain.
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