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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROMASS UK LIMITED, Wilmslow, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/045 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/0445 (2013.01); H01J 49/0454 (2013.01); H01J 49/061 (2013.01); H01J 49/16 (2013.01); H01J 49/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ion source is disclosed comprising a nebulizer and a target. The nebulizer is arranged and adapted to emit, in use, a stream of analyte droplets which are caused to impact upon the target and to ionize analyte to form a plurality of analyte ions. The target is vibrated by a piezo-electric vibration device to reduce the size of resultant secondary droplets.