Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ion detection device and mass spectrometer
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Application No.: US16491448Application Date: 2017-05-17
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Publication No.: US11348779B2Publication Date: 2022-05-31
- Inventor: Masaru Nishiguchi
- Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/018454 WO 20170517
- International Announcement: WO2018/211611 WO 20181122
- Main IPC: H01J49/02
- IPC: H01J49/02 ; H01J49/42 ; H01J49/06

Abstract:
An ion detector (4) includes a shield electrode (42) between an aperture plate (41) and a conversion dynode (43). The shield electrode (42) has a rectilinearly-moving particle block wall (42a) positioned on an extension line (C′) extending from the central axis (C) of a quadrupole mass filter (3), and an ion attracting electric field adjustment wall (42b) inclined by a predetermined angle θ (acute angle) with respect to the extension line (C′). In the ion attracting electric field adjustment wall (42b) is provided an ion passing aperture (42c). The rectilinearly-moving particles, such as neutral particles, which are ejected from the quadrupole mass filter (3), are blocked by the rectilinearly-moving particle block wall (42a), thereby reducing noises caused by the rectilinearly-moving particles. Meanwhile, the potential of the ion attracting electric field adjustment wall (42b) corresponds to equipotential surfaces in a strong electric field formed by the conversion dynode (43), and thus the condition of the strong electric field is not remarkably changed from the state where no shield electrode (42) is provided. Therefore, the effect of drawing ions is exhibited, thereby maintaining the high ion-detection efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200035474A1 ION DETECTION DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROMETER Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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