RF power supply for a mass spectrometer
AssigneeThermo Finnigan LLC
InventorsAlexander A. Makarov, Eduard V. Denisov, Alexander Kholomeev
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Abstract
The present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) power supply in a mass spectrometer. The power supply provides an RF signal to electrodes of a storage device to create a trapping field. The RF field is usually collapsed prior to ion ejection. In an illustrative embodiment the RF power supply includes a RF signal supply; a coil arranged to receive the signal provided by the RF signal supply and to provide an output RF signal for supply to electrodes of an ion storage device; and a shunt including a switch operative to switch between a first open position and a second closed position in which the shunt shorts the coil output.
Claims10
A mass spectrometer radio frequency power supply, comprising:
- a radio frequency signal supply;
- a transformer having a primary winding coupled to the radio frequency signal supply, and a multi-filar secondary having first and second pairs of symmetrical connected secondary windings;
- first and second switches respectively coupled to the first and second pairs of secondary windings;
- a first high-voltage (HV) supply for applying a first direct-current (DC) voltage to the first pair of secondary windings through the first switch;
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- a second high-voltage (HV) supply for applying a second direct-current (DC) voltage to the second pair of secondary windings through the second switch;
- whereby the first and second DC voltages are applied independently of one another.
A method of operating a mass spectrometer ion storage device, comprising:
- supplying a radio frequency signal to a transformer having a multi-filar secondary including first and second pairs of symmetrical connected secondary windings, the first and second pairs of secondary windings being coupled to corresponding electrodes of the ion storage device, thereby establishing a radio frequency containing field in the ion storage device;
- applying a first direct-current (DC) voltage through a first switch to the first pair of secondary windings;
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- applying a second direct-current (DC) voltage through a second switch to the second pair of secondary windings, the first and second DC voltages being different from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.