Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mass spectrometer
- Patent Title (中): 质谱仪
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Application No.: US13168427Application Date: 2011-06-24
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Publication No.: US08669518B2Publication Date: 2014-03-11
- Inventor: Kouji Ishiguro , Hidetoshi Morokuma
- Applicant: Kouji Ishiguro , Hidetoshi Morokuma
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2010-144404 20100625
- Main IPC: B01D59/44
- IPC: B01D59/44 ; H01J49/00

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide means for solving troubles. Examples of the troubles include sensitivity degradation and resolution degradation of a mass spectrometer, which are caused by an axis deviation of a component, particularly at least one orifice located between an ion source and a detector, to decrease the number of ions reaching the detector, and a variation in performance caused by exchange of components such as the orifice.For example, the invention has the following configuration in order to solve the troubles. A mass spectrometer includes: an ion source; a detector that detects an ion; an orifice and a mass separator that are disposed between the ion source and the detector; and an axis adjusting mechanism that adjusts axis positions of the orifice and/or the mass separator such that an opening of the orifice and/or an incident port of the mass separator is disposed on a line connecting the ion source and an incident port of the detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110315869A1 MASS SPECTROMETER Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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