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US 10,381,210 B2Granted
Double bend ion guides and devices using them
AssigneePerkinElmer Health Sciences Canada, Inc.
InventorsHamid Badiei, Samad Bazargan
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Abstract
Certain configurations of devices are described herein that include a DC multipole that is effective to doubly bend the ions in an entering particle beam. In some instances, the devices include a first multipole configured to provide a DC electric field effective to direct first ions of an entering particle beam along a first internal trajectory at an angle different from the entry trajectory of the particle beam. The first multipole may also be configured to direct the ions in the first multipole along a second internal trajectory that is different than the angle of the first internal trajectory of the particle beam.
Claims18
A device comprising:
- a first multipole comprising a plurality of electrodes comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode are spatially separated from each other and each is electrically coupled to a power source configured to provide a direct current voltage to each of the first, second, third and fourth electrodes to provide a DC electric field effective to direct first ions of an entering particle beam along a first internal trajectory within the first multipole and within an inner space formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode that is substantially orthogonal to an entry trajectory of the particle beam, in which the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode are further configured to direct the directed, first ions along a second internal trajectory within the first multipole and within the inner space formed by first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode that is substantially orthogonal to the first internal trajectory;
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- a processor electrically coupled to each of the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode and the power source, wherein the processor is configured to provide the direct current voltage independently to each of the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode to provide the DC electric field and to direct the first ions of the entering particle beam along the first internal trajectory that is substantially orthogonal to the entry trajectory of the particle beam and along the second internal trajectory that is substantially orthogonal to the first internal trajectory.
A device comprising:
- a first multipole comprising a plurality of electrodes comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode spatially separated from each other and each is electrically coupled to a power source configured to provide a direct current voltage to each of the first, second, third and fourth electrodes to provide a DC electric field effective to direct first ions of an entering particle beam along a first internal trajectory within the first multipole and within an inner space formed by the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode that is substantially orthogonal to an entry trajectory of the particle beam, in which the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode are further configured to direct the directed, first ions along a second internal trajectory within the first multipole and within the inner space formed by first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode at a first angle to the directed, first internal trajectory, in which the first angle of the second internal trajectory is greater than zero degrees and less than +/−ninety degrees relative to the first internal trajectory;
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- a processor electrically coupled to each of the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode and the power source, wherein the processor is configured to provide the direct current voltage independently to each of the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode to provide the DC electric field and to direct the first ions of the entering particle beam along the first internal trajectory that is substantially orthogonal to the entry trajectory of the particle beam and along the second internal trajectory at the first angle to the directed, first internal trajectory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.