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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Thermo Finnigan Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael W. Senko, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Justin Blethrow, Oakland, CA (US);
Shannon Eliuk Dixon, San Jose, CA (US);
Tonya Second, Corona, CA (US);
Vladimir Zabrouskov, Belmont, CA (US);
Eric Hemenway, Milpitas, CA (US);
Thermo Finnigan LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid mass spectrometer design and architecture, and methods of operating mass spectrometers are disclosed. According to one operating method, an analysis time is determined for each one of a plurality of ion species to be analyzed in an ordered sequence, and an injection time is calculated for at least some of the ion species based on an analysis time of a preceding ion species in the ordered list. The method enables more efficient utilization of analyzer time.