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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Mks Instruments, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Gerardo A. Brucker, Longmont, CO (US);
G. Jeffery Rathbone, Longmont, CO (US);
Brian J. Horvath, Thornton, CO (US);
Timothy C. Swinney, Fort Colling, CO (US);
Stephen C. Blouch, Boulder, CO (US);
Jeffrey G. McCarthy, Lafayette, CO (US);
Timothy R. Piwonka-Corle, Boulder, CO (US);
MKS Instruments, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an electrostatic ion trap and electronics configured to measure parameters of the ion trap and configured to adjust ion trap settings based on the measured parameters. A method of tuning the electrostatic ion trap includes, under automatic electronic control, measuring parameters of the ion trap and adjusting ion trap settings based on the measured parameters.