Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezo-electric vibration on an in-source surface ionization structure to aid secondary droplet reduction
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Application No.: US14438246Application Date: 2012-10-25
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Publication No.: US10020177B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Stevan Bajic , David Douce , Gordon Jones
- Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Wilmslow
- Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wilmslow
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Agent Deborah M. Vernon; Heath T. Misley
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/052652 WO 20121025
- International Announcement: WO2014/064399 WO 20140501
- Main IPC: H01J49/16
- IPC: H01J49/16 ; H01J49/04 ; H01J49/00 ; H01J49/06
Abstract:
An ion source is disclosed comprising a nebulizer and a target. The nebulizer is arranged and adapted to emit, in use, a stream of analyte droplets which are caused to impact upon the target and to ionize analyte to form a plurality of analyte ions. The target is vibrated by a piezo-electric vibration device to reduce the size of resultant secondary droplets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150287581A1 Piezo-Electric Vibration on an In-Source Surface Ionization Structure to Aid Secondary Droplet Reduction Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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