Multiplex data acquisition modes for ion mobility-mass spectrometry
US7388197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J49/004
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for multiplexed data acquisition for gas-phase ion mobility coupled with mass spectrometry is described. Ion packets are injected into an ion mobility drift chamber at a rate faster than the ion mobility separation arrival time distribution. The convoluted arrival time distributions thus generated are deconvoluted by a mass spectrometer and post-processing algorithms.
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