Abstract: Methods and systems for mass spectrometry and more particularly to an interface providing charged particles to a mass spectrometer are described herein.
Abstract: Methods and systems for mass spectrometry and more particularly to an interface providing charged particles to a mass spectrometer are described herein.
Abstract: Methods and systems for mass spectrometry and more particularly to an interface providing charged particles to a mass spectrometer are described herein.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 1, 2012
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Applicants:
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS LTD., ADVION INC.
Inventors:
Simon Prosser, Jack Henion, Stephen Thompson, Vic Parr
Abstract: A charged particle buncher with a series of spaced apart electrodes 1 arranged to generate a shaped electric field, the series comprising a first electrode 1a, a last electrode 1b and one or more intermediate electrodes, wherein the shaped electric field is generated substantially without free charges being transferred onto or away from the intermediate electrode or electrodes. The first and last electrodes may be connected to means for transferring charged on to or off the electrode. The first, intermediate and last electrodes may be connected in serried with capacitors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 14, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 16, 2006
Assignee:
Scientific Analysis Instruments, Ltd.
Inventors:
Victor Carl Parr, Stephen Paul Thompson, Mark Duncan Mills