Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quadrupole devices
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Application No.: US16970252Application Date: 2019-02-15
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Publication No.: US11361958B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: David Gordon , David Langridge , Martin Raymond Green , Richard Moulds , Daniel J. Kenny , Kenneth Worthington
- Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Wilmslow
- Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
- Current Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Wilmslow
- Priority: GB1802589 20180216,GB1802601 20180216
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/050404 WO 20190215
- International Announcement: WO2019/158930 WO 20190822
- Main IPC: H01J49/42
- IPC: H01J49/42 ; H01J49/00

Abstract:
A method of operating a quadrupole device is disclosed. The method comprises operating the quadrupole device in a first mode of operation, wherein ions within a first mass to charge ratio range are selected and/or transmitted by the quadrupole device, and operating the quadrupole device in a second mode of operation, wherein ions within a second different mass to charge ratio range are selected and/or transmitted by the quadrupole device. In the first mode of operation, the quadrupole device is operated in a normal mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage is applied to the quadrupole device, or in a first X-band or Y-band mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage and two or more auxiliary drive voltages are applied to the quadrupole device. In the second mode of operation, the quadrupole device is operated in a second X-band or Y-band mode of operation wherein a main drive voltage and two or more auxiliary drive voltages are applied to the quadrupole device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210082680A1 QUADRUPOLE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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