Patent ID: 8570500
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A cytometry system comprising: a computing system; a plurality of laser sources controlled by the computing system to emit laser light, each laser source being spatially separated along a flow stream path; a light condenser for collecting a plurality of light pulses that are separated by time of flight intervals, each light pulse being derived from the spatially separated laser light intersecting material flowing in the flow stream path; and a first detector configured to receive the plurality of light pulses from the light condenser, the first detector being coupled to sampling circuitry, wherein the computing system is configured to operate the sampling circuitry to process each light pulse according to the time of flight intervals, wherein the computing system is configured to turn the sampling circuitry OFF during the time of flight intervals by actively discharging residual energy of one or more energy storage filter elements of the sampling circuitry, wherein before each time of flight interval the residual energy is caused by filtering a prior light pulse, and wherein the residual energy caused by filtering the prior light pulse is actively discharged from the one or more energy storage filter element to prevent interference for processing a subsequent pulse by the sampling circuitry.