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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eizo Kawato, Cheadle, GB;
Alan Joseph Smith, Manchester, GB;
Assignee:
Shimadzu Research Laboratory, (Europe), Ltd., Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/900 ;
Abstract
A quadrupole ion trapping device has a ring electrode ( ) and two end-cap electrodes ( ). Ions are introduced into a trapping region ( ) of the ion trapping device via a hole ( ) in a first of the end-cap electrodes ( ) and are retarded by application of a DC retarding voltage to the second of the end-cap electrodes ( ). The retarding voltage is removed when the retarted ions are about to change their direction of motion towards the first end-cap electrode ( ), and an ion trapping field is established by applying a radio frequency voltage to the ring electrode ( ) when the ions are inside the ion trapping device.