Optimized electromagnetic field on side-on FT-ICR mass spectrometers

    公开(公告)号:US10340132B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15773720

    申请日:2016-11-24

    Inventor: Takashi Baba

    Abstract: Improvements to a side-on Penning trap include a feedback system for stabilizing the magnetic field. This system includes a magnetic sensor that measures the magnetic field and a solenoid coil that in response to the magnetic field measurements increases or decreases the overall magnetic field. Improvements also include a number of different configurations of the two sets of PCB electrodes used to produce the quadrupole electric field. Dimensions of the PCB electrodes are optimized, an equipotential surface electrode is added, and additional ring electrodes are added to produce a purer quadrupole field. A central disk electrode is segmented to direct charged particles to the trap center to make the trap useful for applications other than mass spectrometry. Finally, outer ring electrodes are segmented to increase the path of charged particles, thereby increasing sensitivity.

    Suppressing harmonic signals in ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    公开(公告)号:US10297433B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15201786

    申请日:2016-07-05

    Inventor: Roland Jertz

    Abstract: The invention relates to reducing harmonic signals in FT-ICR spectra. Since harmonic signals in quadrupolar 2ω-detection can be more abundant for the same ion motion in the ICR cell as compared to harmonic signals in classical dipolar 1ω-detection, they could hitherto not be reduced to satisfactory levels by any known method, such as gated deflection during ion introduction into, and correcting for an offset electric field axis in the ICR cell. The present disclosure foresees, in addition to other methods carried out for improving the measurement conditions as the case may be, performing the quadrupolar 2ω-detection at least twice, where the phase of the ion excitation radio frequency is turned by 180° in the second measurement. From the sum transient, a Fourier-transformed spectrum is derived. As a result, the broad band spectra of complex substance mixtures like crude oil become cleaner, and misinterpretations of false (harmonic) peaks are minimized.

    Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    公开(公告)号:US10290485B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US15531367

    申请日:2015-11-24

    Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing ions in a magnetic ion trap are provided herein. In accordance with various aspects of the present teachings, the methods and systems described herein enable Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry across relatively narrow gap magnetic fields substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the ions are injected into the ion trap. As a result, smaller, less expensive magnets can be used to produce the high-intensity, uniform magnetic fields utilized in high performance FT-ICR/MS applications. Accordingly, the present teachings enable permanent magnets (as well as electromagnets) to generate these magnetic fields, potentially reducing the cost, size, and/or complexity of the systems described herein relative to conventional FT-ICR systems.

    Optimized Electromagnetic Field On Side-On FT-ICR Mass Spectrometers

    公开(公告)号:US20180323052A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US15773720

    申请日:2016-11-24

    Inventor: Takashi Baba

    CPC classification number: H01J49/4255 H01J49/38 H01J49/424

    Abstract: Improvements to a side-on Penning trap include a feedback system for stabilizing the magnetic field. This system includes a magnetic sensor that measures the magnetic field and a solenoid coil that in response to the magnetic field measurements increases or decreases the overall magnetic field. Improvements also include a number of different configurations of the two sets of PCB electrodes used to produce the quadrupole electric field. Dimensions of the PCB electrodes are optimized, an equipotential surface electrode is added, and additional ring electrodes are added to produce a purer quadrupole field. A central disk electrode is segmented to direct charged particles to the trap center to make the trap useful for applications other than mass spectrometry. Finally, outer ring electrodes are segmented to increase the path of charged particles, thereby increasing sensitivity.

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