EP1580790A3 - Mass spectrometer - Google Patents

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EP1580790A3
EP1580790A3 EP04029441A EP04029441A EP1580790A3 EP 1580790 A3 EP1580790 A3 EP 1580790A3 EP 04029441 A EP04029441 A EP 04029441A EP 04029441 A EP04029441 A EP 04029441A EP 1580790 A3 EP1580790 A3 EP 1580790A3
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mass spectrometer
ion guide
travelling
wave
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Robert Harold Bateman
Steve Pringle
Kevin Giles
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Micromass UK Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0120121A external-priority patent/GB0120121D0/en
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Priority claimed from EP02254441A external-priority patent/EP1271611B1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/04—Arrangements for introducing or extracting samples to be analysed, e.g. vacuum locks; Arrangements for external adjustment of electron- or ion-optical components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/06—Electron- or ion-optical arrangements
    • H01J49/062—Ion guides
    • H01J49/065—Ion guides having stacked electrodes, e.g. ring stack, plate stack

Abstract

An ion guide 1 is disclosed wherein a travelling DC wave is passed along the length of the ion guide 1 so that ions exit the ion guide 1 having substantially the same velocity.
EP04029441A 2001-06-25 2002-06-25 Mass spectrometer Expired - Lifetime EP1580790B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (9)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0115409A GB0115409D0 (en) 2001-06-25 2001-06-25 Mass spectrometers and methods of mass spectrometry
GB0115409 2001-06-25
GB0119449A GB0119449D0 (en) 2001-06-25 2001-08-09 Gas collision cell
GB0119449 2001-08-09
GB0120111 2001-08-17
GB0120121A GB0120121D0 (en) 2001-06-25 2001-08-17 Gas collision cell
GB0120111A GB0120111D0 (en) 2001-06-25 2001-08-17 Mass spectrometers and methods of mass spectrometry
GB0120121 2001-08-17
EP02254441A EP1271611B1 (en) 2001-06-25 2002-06-25 Mass spectrometer

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EP02254441.5 Division 2002-06-25
EP02254441A Division EP1271611B1 (en) 2001-06-25 2002-06-25 Mass spectrometer

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EP1580790A2 EP1580790A2 (en) 2005-09-28
EP1580790A3 true EP1580790A3 (en) 2006-05-24
EP1580790B1 EP1580790B1 (en) 2012-12-26

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EP04026518A Expired - Lifetime EP1505633B1 (en) 2001-06-25 2002-06-24 Mass spectrometer
EP04029441A Expired - Lifetime EP1580790B1 (en) 2001-06-25 2002-06-25 Mass spectrometer

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US2758214A (en) * 1952-12-16 1956-08-07 Jr William E Glenn Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
US5206506A (en) * 1991-02-12 1993-04-27 Kirchner Nicholas J Ion processing: control and analysis
US6020586A (en) * 1995-08-10 2000-02-01 Analytica Of Branford, Inc. Ion storage time-of-flight mass spectrometer

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US6107628A (en) * 1998-06-03 2000-08-22 Battelle Memorial Institute Method and apparatus for directing ions and other charged particles generated at near atmospheric pressures into a region under vacuum

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US2758214A (en) * 1952-12-16 1956-08-07 Jr William E Glenn Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
US5206506A (en) * 1991-02-12 1993-04-27 Kirchner Nicholas J Ion processing: control and analysis
US6020586A (en) * 1995-08-10 2000-02-01 Analytica Of Branford, Inc. Ion storage time-of-flight mass spectrometer

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GB0120111D0 (en) 2001-10-10
EP1580790A2 (en) 2005-09-28
EP1580790B1 (en) 2012-12-26
EP1505633A3 (en) 2006-05-24
EP1505633A2 (en) 2005-02-09
GB0119449D0 (en) 2001-10-03
EP1505633B1 (en) 2012-10-17
GB0115409D0 (en) 2001-08-15

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