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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Robert Harold Bateman, Cheshire, GB;
Kevin Giles, Stockport, GB;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ion guide is disclosed comprising one or more layers of intermediate planar, plate or mesh electrodes. A first array of first electrodes is provided on a upper surface and a second array of second electrodes is arranged on a lower surface. An ion guiding region is formed within the ion guide. One or more transient DC voltages or potentials are preferably applied to the first and second array of second electrodes in order to urge, propel, force or accelerate ions through or along the ion guide.