| US 7,463,033 B2 | ||
| NMR probe component with a gradient chip with a slot for insertion of a sample chip | ||
| Charles Massin, Grandson (Switzerland); Michael Fey, Hornussen (Switzerland); Schimun Denoth, Zurich (Switzerland); and Frank Vincent, Sévery (Switzerland) | ||
| Assigned to Bruker Biospin AG, Faellanden (Switzerland) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/892,316. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 06018192 (EP), filed on Aug. 31, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0068018 A1, Mar. 20, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—321 [324/300] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe component, comprising:
a microfabricated planar gradient chip having a substrate thickness dgc≤3 mm and carrying three micromachined planar partial gradient coils on each of two outer surfaces thereof, wherein said partial
gradient coils form a three-dimensional gradient system,
said gradient chip having a central guiding and positioning slot between said two outer surfaces; and
a sample chip for carrying an NMR sample at a sample location, said sample chip having a microfabricated planar RF coil, said
sample chip fitting exactly in said guiding and positioning slot such that, in a measurement position, a sample location coincides
with a center of said gradient system.
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