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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Carl B. Freidhoff, New Freedom, PA (US);
Inventor:
Carl B. Freidhoff, New Freedom, PA (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/28 (2006.01); B01D 59/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A MEMS mass spectrometer having metal walls connected between a lid and base, with the walls defining a plurality of interior chambers including sample gas input chambers, an ionizer chamber, a plurality of ion optics chambers and a ion separation chamber. A detector array at the end of the ion separation chamber includes a plurality of V-shaped detector elements positioned along two parallel lines and arranged to intercept all of the ionized beams produced in the mass spectrometer.