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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Thermo Finnigan Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward B. McCauley, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Scott T. Quarmby, Round Rock, TX (US);
George B. Guckenberger, Austin, TX (US);
James M. Hitchcock, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
THERMO FINNIGAN LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/42 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/4225 (2013.01); H01J 49/063 (2013.01); H01J 49/068 (2013.01); H01J 49/429 (2013.01); H01J 49/4275 (2013.01); H01J 49/4295 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multipole assembly configured to be disposed in a mass spectrometer includes a plurality of elongate electrodes arranged about an axis extending along a longitudinal trajectory of the plurality of elongate electrodes and configured to confine ions radially about the axis, and a piezoelectric actuator configured to adjust a position of a first electrode included in the plurality of elongate electrodes.