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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:

Bruker Daltonik Gmbh, Bremen, DE;

Inventors:

Claus Köster, Lilienthal, DE;

Jochen Franzen, Bremen, DE;

Assignee:

Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Bremen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/02 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01); H01J 49/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/02 (2013.01); H01J 49/425 (2013.01); H01J 49/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

The geometry of a Kingdon ion trap, in which harmonic ion oscillation in a potential well in a longitudinal direction is completely decoupled from ion oscillation in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, is arranged so that the oscillating ions introduced through the entrance tube cannot return to the entrance tube until they have performed several longitudinal oscillations during which time heavier ions can be introduced into the trap. In one embodiment, ions enter the trap via an entrance tube extending through, but electrically insulated from, one of the Kingdon trap housing electrodes and located outside the minimum of the potential well in the longitudinal direction.


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