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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Micromass Uk Limited, Manchester, GB;
Inventors:
Jeffery Mark Brown, Hyde, GB;
Anthony James Gilbert, Peak, GB;
John Brian Hoyes, Stockport, GB;
David J. Langridge, Stockport, GB;
Jason Lee Wildgoose, Stockport, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/40 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/401 (2013.01); H01J 49/0095 (2013.01); H01J 49/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a RF confinement device, a beam expander and a Time of Flight mass analyzer. The beam expander is arranged to expand an ion beam emerging from the RF confinement device so that the ion beam is expanded to a diameter of at least 3 mm in the orthogonal acceleration extraction region of the Time of Flight mass analyzer.