EP2715775A4 - SIMPLIFIED MULTIPLEX STRUCTURE FOR TRANSPORTING, SELECTING AND TRAPPING IONS IN A VACUUM SYSTEM - Google Patents

SIMPLIFIED MULTIPLEX STRUCTURE FOR TRANSPORTING, SELECTING AND TRAPPING IONS IN A VACUUM SYSTEM

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EP2715775A4
EP2715775A4 EP12792062.7A EP12792062A EP2715775A4 EP 2715775 A4 EP2715775 A4 EP 2715775A4 EP 12792062 A EP12792062 A EP 12792062A EP 2715775 A4 EP2715775 A4 EP 2715775A4
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transporting
selecting
vacuum system
multiplex structure
trapping ions
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2715775B1 (en
EP2715775A2 (en
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Melvin Park
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Bruker Corp
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Bruker Daltonics Inc
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Priority claimed from US13/152,363 external-priority patent/US9184040B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/177,780 external-priority patent/US8927940B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/249,709 external-priority patent/US8969798B2/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/06—Electron- or ion-optical arrangements
    • H01J49/062—Ion guides
    • H01J49/063—Multipole ion guides, e.g. quadrupoles, hexapoles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/26—Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/34—Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/40—Time-of-flight spectrometers
    • H01J49/401—Time-of-flight spectrometers characterised by orthogonal acceleration, e.g. focusing or selecting the ions, pusher electrode
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/26—Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/34—Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/40—Time-of-flight spectrometers
    • H01J49/403—Time-of-flight spectrometers characterised by the acceleration optics and/or the extraction fields
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/26—Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/34—Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/42—Stability-of-path spectrometers, e.g. monopole, quadrupole, multipole, farvitrons
    • H01J49/4205—Device types
    • H01J49/421—Mass filters, i.e. deviating unwanted ions without trapping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/26—Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/34—Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/42—Stability-of-path spectrometers, e.g. monopole, quadrupole, multipole, farvitrons
    • H01J49/4205—Device types
    • H01J49/422—Two-dimensional RF ion traps
    • H01J49/4225—Multipole linear ion traps, e.g. quadrupoles, hexapoles

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electron Tubes For Measurement (AREA)
  • Other Investigation Or Analysis Of Materials By Electrical Means (AREA)
EP12792062.7A 2011-06-03 2012-06-02 Abridged multipole structure for the transport, selection and trapping of ions in a vacuum system Active EP2715775B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13/152,363 US9184040B2 (en) 2011-06-03 2011-06-03 Abridged multipole structure for the transport and selection of ions in a vacuum system
US13/177,780 US8927940B2 (en) 2011-06-03 2011-07-07 Abridged multipole structure for the transport, selection and trapping of ions in a vacuum system
US13/249,709 US8969798B2 (en) 2011-07-07 2011-09-30 Abridged ion trap-time of flight mass spectrometer
PCT/US2012/040620 WO2012167207A2 (en) 2011-06-03 2012-06-02 Abridged multipole structure for the transport, selection and trapping of ions in a vacuum system

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EP2715775A2 EP2715775A2 (en) 2014-04-09
EP2715775A4 true EP2715775A4 (en) 2015-06-03
EP2715775B1 EP2715775B1 (en) 2017-08-09

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US4985626A (en) * 1990-01-09 1991-01-15 The Perkin-Elmer Corporation Quadrupole mass filter for charged particles
WO2005119737A1 (en) * 2004-06-04 2005-12-15 Fudan University Ion trap mass analyzer
WO2007136373A1 (en) * 2006-05-22 2007-11-29 Shimadzu Corporation Parallel plate electrode arrangement apparatus and method

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SHENHENG G ET AL: "Ion traps for Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: principles and design of geometric and electric configurations", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY AND ION PROCESSES, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 146-14, 31 August 1995 (1995-08-31), pages 261 - 296, XP004036674, ISSN: 0168-1176 *
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