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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Micromass Uk Limited, Wilmslow, GB;

Inventors:

Emrys Jones, Manchester, GB;

Richard Chapman, Runcorn, GB;

Steven Pringle, Darwen, GB;

Assignee:

Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/14 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/142 (2013.01); H01J 49/0004 (2013.01); H01J 49/0009 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); H01J 49/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus is disclosed comprising a first ion source () arranged and adapted to emit a spray of charged droplets () and a detector or sensor () arranged and adapted automatically to detect, sense or determine one or more first parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets () as the spray of charged droplets () impacts upon a surface of the detector or sensor. The apparatus further comprises a control system () arranged and adapted to adjust, correct and/or optimise one or more second parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets () based on the one or more first parameters or properties of the spray of charged droplets () detected, sensed or determined by the detector or sensor ().


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