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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2024
Thermo Finnigan Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael P. Goodwin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael W. Senko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thermo Finnigan LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS) performs a process including subdividing an m/z range of interest into a plurality of m/z windows; determining an ion population control parameter for each m/z window; accumulating, in the ion store by one or more accumulation events, a population of ions derived from a sample; transferring the population of ions to a mass analyzer; and mass analyzing the population of ions to acquire a CDMS spectrum of the population of ions. Each accumulation event corresponds to a distinct m/z window of the plurality of m/z windows. The ion population control parameter for each m/z window regulates a quantity of ions accumulated in an ion store during an accumulation event. During each accumulation event, ions within the m/z window corresponding to the accumulation event are accumulated in the ion store based on the ion population control parameter for the corresponding m/z window.