METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ELECTROSPRAY EMITTER LIFETIME

    公开(公告)号:EP3826049A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-26

    申请号:EP20208712.8

    申请日:2020-11-19

    IPC分类号: H01J49/02 H01J49/16

    摘要: A method for cleaning an electrospray emitter of a mass spectrometer, comprises: (a) changing a mode of operation of the electrospray emitter from a stable jet mode of operation to a dripping mode or a pulsating mode of operation by lowering a magnitude of a voltage applied between an counter electrode and the electrospray emitter; (b) causing a cleaning solvent to flow through the electrospray emitter at least until a droplet of the cleaning solvent forms on an exterior surface of the electrospray emitter while operating the electrospray emitter in the dripping mode of operation; and (c) causing the droplet to dislodge from the electrospray emitter exterior.

    ELECTROSPRAY CURRENT MEASUREMENT IN THE NANOSPRAY AND MICROSPRAY REGIME

    公开(公告)号:EP4131334A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-08

    申请号:EP22188097.4

    申请日:2022-08-01

    IPC分类号: H01J49/16 G01R19/00

    摘要: An electrospray ionization system used in mass spectrometry provides for improved current measurement. The system includes a fluid union (224), a fluid column (208) coupled with a first port (238) of the fluid union, a power source (202, 504) coupled with the fluid union and configured to apply a voltage potential to the fluid union, and an electrospray emitter (232, 234, 506) coupled with a second port of the fluid union. The power source is coupled with the first port and configured to apply the voltage potential to the first port to restrict current leakage from the fluid union. The current sensing circuit (206, 500) is configured to determine an electrical current flow between the power source and the at least one of the fluid union and the first port.

    MULTI-GATE MULTI-FREQUENCY FILTER FOR ION MOBILITY ISOLATION

    公开(公告)号:EP3879262A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-15

    申请号:EP21161725.3

    申请日:2021-03-10

    IPC分类号: G01N27/622 H01J49/00

    摘要: An ion mobility separation apparatus comprises: a compartment having a gas therein; an electrode structure comprising a first plurality of electrodes within the compartment, the electrode structure defining a longitudinal axis; one or more power supplies electrically coupled to the electrodes, wherein the plurality of electrodes and the power supply are configured to maintain an electrical pseudopotential well encompassing and disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis and to maintain an electric field directed parallel to the longitudinal axis; an entrance ion gate disposed at a first end of the longitudinal axis; an exit ion gate disposed at a second end of the longitudinal axis; and at least one additional ion gate disposed between the entrance and exit ion gates.

    COMPLEMENTED ION FUNNEL FOR MASS SPECTROMETER

    公开(公告)号:EP4102539A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-14

    申请号:EP22178092.7

    申请日:2022-06-09

    IPC分类号: H01J49/06 H01J49/04

    摘要: A mass spectrometry method comprises: (1) introducing ions and gas into an first electrode section of an ion transport apparatus through a slot of an ion transfer tube, the ion tunnel section comprising a first longitudinal axis that is contained within a slot plane of the ion transfer tube, the first longitudinal axis not intersecting an outlet of the ion transfer tube, wherein the apparatus further comprises: (a) a second electrode section configured to receive the ions from the first electrode section and comprising a second longitudinal axis that is not coincident with the first longitudinal axis; and (b) an ion outlet aperture ;(2) providing voltages to electrodes of the ion transport apparatus that urge the ions to migrate towards the first longitudinal axis within the first electrode section; and (3) exhausting gas through a port that is offset from the ion outlet aperture.

    ORTHOGONAL-FLOW ION TRAP ARRAY
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3671810A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-24

    申请号:EP19219040.3

    申请日:2019-12-20

    IPC分类号: H01J49/06 H01J49/42 G01N27/62

    摘要: An ion separation device comprising a plurality of electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional grid, a gas supply configured to provide a gas flow along the first direction, and an ion inlet arranged to receive ions. The plurality of electrodes is configured to create one or more pseudopotential barriers of increasing magnitude along a first direction. A drag force is applied to the ions by the gas flow is opposed by a pseudopotential gradient of the plurality of electrodes.