Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ion trap mass spectrometer
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Application No.: US14798260Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US09786482B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Anatoly N. Verenchikov
- Applicant: LECO Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI St. Joseph
- Assignee: LECO Corporation
- Current Assignee: LECO Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI St. Joseph
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Priority: GB1000649.2 20100115
- Main IPC: H01J49/28
- IPC: H01J49/28 ; H01J49/42 ; H01J49/40 ; H01J49/00 ; H01J49/06

Abstract:
A mass spectrometer including an ion source, an ion guide, a pulsed converter, and an electrostatic analyzer is disclosed, along with a method of mass spectrometry and an ion injector. The ion source generates ions, such as ions within a continuous or a quasi-continuous ion beam. The ion guide receives a portion of the ions generated by the ion source. The pulsed converter, which receives ions from the ion guide, includes at least one electrode connected to a RF signal. The pulsed converter may include a means for ejecting the ions in the form of ion packets. The electrostatic analyzer forms a two-dimensional electrostatic field in an X-Y plane. The electrostatic field is substantially extended in a Z-direction that is locally orthogonal to the X-Y plane and may be curved or linear. Ions undergo isochronous ion oscillations in the electrostatic field. The pulsed converter and electrostatic analyzer are Z-directionally elongated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160005582A1 Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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