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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Robert Harold Bateman, Cheshire, GB;
Kevin Giles, Cheshire, GB;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Jason Lee Wildgoose, Stockport, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Harold Bateman, Cheshire, GB;
Kevin Giles, Cheshire, GB;
Steven Derek Pringle, Darwen, GB;
Jason Lee Wildgoose, Stockport, GB;
Assignee:
Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01); G01N 27/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/4215 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01); H01J 49/004 (2013.01); H01J 49/426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion mobility spectrometer and an ion gate. A collision cell is arranged downstream of the ion gate. The operation of the ion mobility spectrometer and the ion gate are synchronised so that only ions having a particular mass to charge ratio and a desired charge state are onwardly transmitted to the collision cell.