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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Oliver Lange, Bremen, DE;
Andreas Wieghaus, Bremen, DE;
Oliver Lange, Bremen, DE;
Andreas Wieghaus, Bremen, DE;
Thermo Finnigan LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of generating a mass spectrum from an FTMS is disclosed. A first quantity of ions from a source, having a first m/z range, is captured and detected in the FTMS measurement cell to produce a first output. A second quantity of ions, having a second m/z range which at least partially does not overlap with the first m/z range, is then captured and detected so as to produce a second output. The two outputs are then combined using a processor so as to 'stitch' together the outputs, which may be FTMS transients or may first be Fourier Transformed into the frequency mass domain, into a composite output from which a composite mass spectrum covering the full range of m/z ratios included by the first and second ranges can be produced.