University of South Florida

Friso Van Amerom

Shekhar Bhansali

George Steimle

Robert Timothy Short

Ashish Chaudhary

A die assembly for creating a ring electrode including a cylindrically-shaped die base, two die walls and a die top sized to fit inside a cylindrical die housing. The die base and die top having a series of concentric elevations used as impressions to form on two ends of the ring electrode. A method of fabricating an LTCC ring electrode using the die assembly is also provided.

Fabrication of three-dimensional ion optics assemblies by metallization of non-conductive substrates

A cylindrical ion trap (CIT) mass spectrometer constructed using a non-conductive substrate (LTCC) as the basis for the ring electrode. Photolithography and electroless plating were used to create well-defined conductive areas on the LTCC ring electrode. The inventive method allows for the precise control of establishing conductive areas on a non-conductive substrate through the steps of punching, lamination, firing, metallization and photolithography on the metallized layer.

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St. Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Friso Van Amerom