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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Richard G. Closser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Elizabeth Carr, Mountain View, CA (US);
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A coated capillary tube having a tunable resistance in an ion transfer device, including an inlet end in communication with an atmospheric-pressure ion source, an outlet end in communication with a vacuum region of a mass spectrometer, a body elongated along an axis from the inlet end to the outlet end, and an inside surface defining a bore having an inner diameter is disclosed. The coated capillary tube also includes a resistive coating on the inside surface of the capillary tube, in which the resistive coating includes at least one layer comprising oxides or nitrides of a metal and discrete metal particles of a different metal embedded therein.