Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer
    1.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer 有权
    在质谱仪中提高灵敏度的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060169891A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-03

    申请号:US11315788

    申请日:2005-12-22

    IPC分类号: B01D59/44

    CPC分类号: H01J49/067 H01J49/063

    摘要: In a mass spectrometer, ions from an ion source pass through an inlet aperture into a vacuum chamber for transmitting prior to mass analysis by the mass analyzer. The configuration of the inlet aperture forms a sonic orifice or sonic nozzle and with a predetermined vacuum chamber pressure, a supersonic free jet expansion is created in the vacuum chamber that entrains the ions within the barrel shock and Mach disc. Once formed, at least one ion guide with a predetermined cross-section to essentially radially confine the supersonic free jet expansion can focus the ions for transmission through the vacuum chamber. This effectively improves the ion transmission between the ion source and the mass analyzer.

    摘要翻译: 在质谱仪中,质子分析仪进行质量分析之前,离子源的离子通过入口孔进入真空室以进行传输。 入口孔的构型形成声孔或声波喷嘴,并且在预定的真空室压力下,在真空室中产生超音速自由射流膨胀,该真空室将离子夹带在筒形冲击和马赫盘内。 一旦形成,具有预定横截面以至基本上径向限制超音速自由射流膨胀的至少一个离子导向器可以将离子聚焦以透过真空室。 这有效地改善离子源和质量分析器之间的离子传递。

    Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for improved sensitivity in a mass spectrometer 有权
    在质谱仪中提高灵敏度的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060151692A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-13

    申请号:US11032376

    申请日:2005-01-10

    IPC分类号: B01D59/44

    CPC分类号: H01J49/04 H01J49/062

    摘要: In a mass spectrometer, ions from an ion source pass through an inlet aperture into a vacuum chamber for transmitting prior to mass analysis by the mass analyzer. The configuration of the inlet aperture forms a sonic orifice or sonic nozzle and with a predetermined vacuum chamber pressure, a supersonic free jet expansion is created in the vacuum chamber that entrains the ions within the barrel shock and Mach disc. Once formed, an ion guide with a predetermined cross-section to essentially radially confine the supersonic free jet expansion can focus the ions for transmission through the vacuum chamber. This effectively improves the ion transmission between the ion source and the mass analyzer.

    摘要翻译: 在质谱仪中,质子分析仪进行质量分析之前,离子源的离子通过入口孔进入真空室以进行传输。 入口孔的构型形成声孔或声波喷嘴,并且在预定的真空室压力下,在真空室中产生超音速自由射流膨胀,该真空室将离子夹带在筒形冲击和马赫盘内。 一旦形成,具有预定横截面以基本上径向限制超音速自由射流膨胀的离子导向器可将离子聚焦以透过真空室。 这有效地改善离子源和质量分析器之间的离子传递。

    Mass spectrometer multiple device interface for parallel configuration of multiple devices
    3.
    发明申请
    Mass spectrometer multiple device interface for parallel configuration of multiple devices 有权
    质谱仪多设备接口,用于并行配置多个设备

    公开(公告)号:US20070057178A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-15

    申请号:US11222971

    申请日:2005-09-12

    IPC分类号: H01J49/06

    CPC分类号: H01J49/063 H01J49/107

    摘要: A multi-device interface for use in mass spectrometry for interfacing one or more ion sources to one or more downstream devices. The multi-device interface comprises three or more multipole rod sets configured as either an input rod set or an output rod set depending on potentials applied to the multipole rod sets. The multipole rod sets configured as an input rod set are connectable to the one or more ion sources for receiving generated ions therefrom and sending the ions to at least one multipole rod set configured as an output multipole rod set. The output multipole rod sets are connectable to a downstream device for sending the generated ions thereto. At least two of the multipole rod sets are configured as input rod sets or at least two of the multipole rod sets are configured as output rod sets.

    摘要翻译: 用于质谱法的多器件界面,用于将一个或多个离子源连接到一个或多个下游装置。 多器件接口包括三个或更多个多极杆组,其被配置为根据施加到多极杆组的电位的输入杆组或输出杆组。 配置为输入杆组的多极棒组可连接到一个或多个离子源,用于从其接收生成的离子,并将离子发送到被配置为输出多极棒组的至少一个多极棒组。 输出多极杆组可连接到用于将产生的离子发送到其的下游装置。 多极杆组中的至少两个被配置为输入杆组,或者至少两个多极杆组被配置为输出杆组。

    Quadrupole mass spectrometer with spatial dispersion
    4.
    发明申请
    Quadrupole mass spectrometer with spatial dispersion 有权
    具有空间色散的四极杆质谱仪

    公开(公告)号:US20050056778A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-17

    申请号:US10643092

    申请日:2003-08-19

    摘要: A mass analyzer for use in a mass spectrometry system comprises an elongate rod set. The rod set has first and second ends and an inscribed circle within the rod set. The radius of the rod set varies from one end of the rod set to the other, so that ions of different mass to charge ratios will become unstable at different locations along the rod set. This characteristic can then be used to cause ejection of ions at different locations along the rod set, in a mass dependent manner. Detectors placed linearly along the rod set can then be used to detect ions and determine the mass of the ions from their ejection locations.

    摘要翻译: 用于质谱系统的质量分析器包括细长杆组。 杆组具有第一和第二端以及杆组内的内接圆。 杆组的半径从杆组的一端变为另一端,使得不同质荷比的离子在沿着杆组的不同位置处将变得不稳定。 然后,该特性可以用于以质量依赖的方式沿着杆组在不同位置喷射离子。 然后可以使用沿着杆组线性放置的探测器来检测离子并从其喷射位置确定离子的质量。

    METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING IONS IN A MASS SPECTROMETER
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING IONS IN A MASS SPECTROMETER 有权
    用于在大量光谱仪中过滤离子的方法,系统和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110057095A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-10

    申请号:US12873408

    申请日:2010-09-01

    申请人: Alexandre Loboda

    发明人: Alexandre Loboda

    IPC分类号: H01J49/40

    摘要: A method and mass spectrometer for filtering ions are provided. The mass spectrometer generally comprises an ion guide, a quadrupole mass filter, a collision cell and a time of flight (ToF) detector, and is enabled to transmit an ion beam through to the ToF detector. The mass spectrometer is operated in MS mode, such that ions in the ion beam remain substantially unfragmented, the quadrupole mass filter operating at a pressure substantially lower than in either of the ion guide and the collision cell. The quadrupole mass filter is operated in a bandpass mode such that ions outside of a range of interest are filtered from the ion beam, leaving ions inside the range of interest in the ion beam. The ions inside the range of interest are analyzed at the ToF detector.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于过滤离子的方法和质谱仪。 质谱仪通常包括离子导向器,四极质量过滤器,碰撞池和飞行时间(ToF)检测器,并且能够将离子束传输到ToF检测器。 质谱仪以MS模式操作,使得离子束中的离子保持基本上未分片,四极质量过滤器在基本上低于任一种离子导向器和碰撞池中的压力下操作。 四极质量过滤器以带通模式操作,使得离离子束以外的离子之外的离子从离子束中过滤,使离子留在离子束中的感兴趣范围内。 在ToF检测器处分析感兴趣范围内的离子。

    Method and system for operating a time of flight mass spectrometer detection system
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and system for operating a time of flight mass spectrometer detection system 有权
    操作飞行时间质谱仪检测系统的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08785845B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-22

    申请号:US13017709

    申请日:2011-01-31

    申请人: Alexandre Loboda

    发明人: Alexandre Loboda

    IPC分类号: H01J49/02 H01J49/40 G01T1/17

    摘要: Dual TDC-ADC detection systems for time of flight mass spectrometry are disclosed herein. Detection systems based upon TDC generally provide higher timing resolution as opposed to detection systems based upon ADC. However, ADC generally provides increased dynamic range over TDC. By combining TDC and ADC into a tandem detector, and adjusting performance parameters of the respective converter types, the dynamic range of the dual TDC-ADC detection can be extended beyond what either detector type could have achieved individually. Composite time of flight mass spectra can be generated by aggregating individual mass spectra acquired from multiple time-of-flight extractions, and selecting the number of time-of-flight extractions to ensure overlap between the ADC and TDC dynamic ranges in the dual TDC-ADC detector system.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了用于飞行时间质谱的双TDC-ADC检测系统。 与基于ADC的检测系统相反,基于TDC的检测系统通常提供更高的定时分辨率。 然而,ADC通常提供比TDC更大的动态范围。 通过将TDC和ADC组合成串联检测器,并调整各种转换器类型的性能参数,双TDC-ADC检测的动态范围可以扩展到单独检测器类型之外。 复合飞行时间质谱可以通过聚合从多次飞行时间提取获得的单个质谱,并选择飞行时间提取次数,以确保双TDC中ADC和TDC动态范围之间的重叠, ADC检测器系统。

    Method and apparatus for providing ion barriers at the entrance and exit ends of a mass spectrometer
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for providing ion barriers at the entrance and exit ends of a mass spectrometer 有权
    在质谱仪的入口和出口端提供离子屏障的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07495213B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-24

    申请号:US11689742

    申请日:2007-03-22

    申请人: Alexandre Loboda

    发明人: Alexandre Loboda

    IPC分类号: H01J49/34 H01J49/40

    CPC分类号: H01J49/4225 H01J49/0095

    摘要: There is provided a linear ion trap having an ion guide and a method of operating same. The ion guide has a first end and a second end. The method involves a) providing a first group of ions within the ion guide; b) providing a second group of ions within the ion guide, the second group of ions being opposite in polarity to the first group of ions; c) providing an RF drive voltage to the ion guide to radially confine the first group of ions and the second group of ions in the ion guide; d) providing a gas flow of an inert gas in a first axial direction away from the first end of the ion guide and toward a middle of the ion guide to repel both the first group of ions and the second group of ions from the first end of the ion guide; and, e) providing a trapping region barrier for repelling both the first group of ions and the second group of ions away from the second end of the ion guide. The gas flow in the first axial direction and the trapping region barrier together define a main trapping region for trapping both the first group of ions and the second group of ions.

    摘要翻译: 提供了具有离子导向器的线性离子阱和其操作方法。 离子导向件具有第一端和第二端。 该方法包括:a)在离子导向器内提供第一组离子; b)在所述离子导向器内提供第二组离子,所述第二组离子极性与所述第一组离子相反; c)向所述离子导向器提供RF驱动电压以将所述第一组离子和所述第二组离子径向地限制在所述离子导向器中; d)提供惰性气体在远离离子导向器的第一端的第一轴向方向上并朝向离子导向器的中间的气流,以从第一端排斥第一组离子和第二组离子 的离子导向器; 以及e)提供俘获区域屏障,用于排斥所述第一组离子和所述第二组离子离开所述离子导向件的第二端。 第一轴向的气流和俘获区势垒一起限定用于俘获第一组离子和第二组离子的主捕集区。

    Apparatus and method for dispensing fractions of an analyte solution
    8.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for dispensing fractions of an analyte solution 审中-公开
    用于分配分析物溶液的分数的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070110628A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-17

    申请号:US10555784

    申请日:2004-05-28

    申请人: Alexandre Loboda

    发明人: Alexandre Loboda

    IPC分类号: B01L3/02

    摘要: An apparatus and method for dispensing low volumes of an analyte solution. The apparatus comprises: (a) a receiver defining an ejection cavity and an outlet downstream of and in fluid communication with the ejection cavity; (b) first and second fluid conduits coupled to the receiver and defining respective first and second fluid flow paths in fluid communication with the ejection cavity; (c) an analyte generating apparatus operatively coupled to the first fluid conduit and operable to deliver analyte solution along the first fluid flow path to the ejection cavity; and (d) a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to the second fluid conduit and operable to deliver a fluid buffer along the second fluid flow path into the ejection cavity to displace analyte solution present therein through the outlet. The method involves filling the ejection cavity with an analyte solution at a selected rate and injecting a fluid buffer into the injection cavity to displace the analyte solution through the outlet.

    摘要翻译: 用于分配低体积分析物溶液的装置和方法。 所述装置包括:(a)接收器,其限定出射腔和与所述喷射腔流体连通的下游出口; (b)第一和第二流体管道,其耦合到所述接收器并且限定与所述喷射腔流体连通的相应的第一和第二流体流动路径; (c)分析物产生装置,其可操作地耦合到所述第一流体导管并且可操作以将分析物溶液沿着所述第一流体流动路径输送到所述喷射腔; 和(d)分配机构,其可操作地耦合到所述第二流体导管并且可操作以沿着所述第二流体流动路径将流体缓冲器输送到所述喷射腔中,以通过所述出口移动其中存在的分析物溶液。 该方法包括以选定的速率向分析物溶液填充喷射腔,并将流体缓冲液注射到注射腔中以通过出口移动分析物溶液。

    Ion guide for mass spectrometer
    9.
    发明申请
    Ion guide for mass spectrometer 有权
    离子导向质谱仪

    公开(公告)号:US20050247872A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-10

    申请号:US11122034

    申请日:2005-05-05

    CPC分类号: H01J49/401 H01J49/062

    摘要: An ion guide 24 for a mass spectrometer 30 including means for ejecting ions of different mass-to-charge ratios from the ion guide towards a detector or other object or device. The ejecting means causes the ions to be ejected in a desired sequence. The ions travel at different rates according to their mass-to-charge ratios, so that they arrive at a desired point in space in a desired sequence, for example in a detector 56 of a mass spectrometer at substantially the same time.

    摘要翻译: 用于质谱仪30的离子导向器24包括用于从离子导向器朝向检测器或其它物体或装置喷射不同质荷比的离子的装置。 喷射装置使得以期望的顺序喷射离子。 离子以不同的速率根据它们的质荷比而行进,使得它们以所需的顺序到达空间中的期望点,例如在质谱仪的基本上同时的检测器56中。

    Apparatus and method for cooling ions
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for cooling ions 有权
    用于冷却离子的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07910882B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-22

    申请号:US12016282

    申请日:2008-01-18

    申请人: Alexandre Loboda

    发明人: Alexandre Loboda

    IPC分类号: B01D59/44

    CPC分类号: H01J49/142 H01J49/0481

    摘要: An apparatus for secondary ion mass spectrometry is provided having a target surface for supporting a sample on the target surface and an ion source configured to direct a beam of primary ions toward the sample to sputter secondary ions and neutral particles from the sample, A first chamber having an inlet provides gas to maintain high pressure at the sample for cooling the secondary ions and neutral particles, the high pressure being in the range of about 10−3 to about 1000 Torr. A method of secondary ion mass spectrometry is provided having a target surface for supporting a sample, directing a beam of primary ions toward the sample to sputter secondary ions and neutral particles from the sample, and providing a high pressure at the sample for cooling the secondary ions and neutral particles, the high pressure being in the range of about 10−3 to about 1000 Torr.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于二次离子质谱的装置,其具有用于在样品表面上支撑样品的目标表面和被配置为将一次离子束引向样品以从样品溅射二次离子和中性粒子的离子源。第一室 具有入口提供气体以在样品处保持高压以冷却二次离子和中性粒子,高压在约10-3至约1000托的范围内。 提供了一种二次离子质谱法,其具有用于支撑样品的靶表面,将一次离子束导向样品以从样品溅射次级离子和中性粒子,并在样品处提供高压以冷却次级 离子和中性粒子,高压在约10-3至约1000托的范围内。