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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 29, 2008
Michael Konicek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adrian Land, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gershon Perelman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lee Earley, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Hardman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Konicek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Adrian Land, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gershon Perelman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lee Earley, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Hardman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Thermo Finnigan LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Auxiliary electrodes for creating drag fields may be provided as arrays of finger electrodes on thin substrates such as printed circuit board material for insertion between main RF electrodes of a multipole. A progressive range of voltages can be applied along lengths of the auxiliary electrodes by implementing a voltage divider that utilizes static resisters interconnecting individual finger electrodes of the arrays. Dynamic voltage variations may be applied to individual finger electrodes or to groups of the finger electrodes.