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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Viatcheslav V. Kovtoun, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Robert J. Cotter, Baltimore, MD (US);
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a sample holder for a sample and an ionizer for ionizing the sample to form ions. A first element is spaced downstream from the sample holder, a second element is spaced downstream from the first element, and a drift region is downstream of the second element. An electric field is established between the sample holder and the first element at a time subsequent to ionizing the sample in order to extract the ions. A time-dependent and mass-correlated electric field is established between at least one of: (a) the first element and the second element, and (b) the sample holder and the first element. In turn, a detector detects the ions.