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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2012
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Nishimura, Kokubunji, JP;
Yuichiro Hashimoto, Tachikawa, JP;
Masuyuki Sugiyama, Hino, JP;
Masuyoshi Yamada, Ichikawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Morokuma, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mass spectrometer featured in including an ion source including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric unit having a sample introducing unit and a sample discharging unit and provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a power source of ionizing a sample by a discharge generated between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying an alternating current voltage to either one of the first electrode and the second electrode, a mass spectrometry unit of analyzing an ion discharged from the sample discharging unit, and a light irradiating unit of irradiating an area of generating the discharge with light.