Radiant energy – Ionic separation or analysis
Patent
1985-01-28
1989-10-17
Anderson, Bruce C.
Radiant energy
Ionic separation or analysis
250282, 250291, H01J 4936
Patent
active
048749435
ABSTRACT:
Gaseous ions trapped within an analyzer cell of an ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer are excited into resonance by a swept radio-frequency electric field having an envelope of trapezoidal shape. The envelope includes an onset region which ramps linearly from a zero level to a non-zero constant-amplitude level, a constant-amplitude region having the non-zero constant-amplitude level, and a termination region which ramps linearly from the constant-amplitude level to the zero level. The field has a generally constant-amplitude power spectrum and imparts relatively uniform energy to ions having natural cyclotron frequencies of interest.
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Anderson Bruce C.
Nicolet Instrument Corporation
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