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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Dh Technologies Development Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Thomas R. Covey, Newmarket, CA;

Yang Kang, Richmond Hill, CA;

Bradley B. Schneider, Bradford, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/624 (2021.01); G01N 27/623 (2021.01); H01J 49/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/624 (2013.01); G01N 27/623 (2021.01); H01J 49/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for controlling the temperature gradient along a differential mobility spectrometer having a differential mobility spectrometer having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is configured to receive ions transported from an ion source by a transport gas. The differential mobility spectrometer has an internal operating pressure, electrodes, and at least one voltage source for providing DC and RF voltages to the electrodes for separating ions that are transported from the inlet to the outlet. A gas port is provided near the outlet for introducing a throttle gas to control the flow rate of the transport gas through the differential mobility spectrometer and thereby adjust the ion residence time. A heater is provided for controlling the temperature of the throttle gas to minimize the temperature gradient between the inlet and outlet of the differential mobility spectrometer. A method of calibrating a DMS is also disclosed.


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