Three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer
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1. A three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer comprising:
- an ion former for forming ions;
electrodes for forming an electric field in a three-dimensional ion confining space;
a voltage controller for forming a three-dimensional quadrupole electric field in the three-dimensional ion confining space by applying a periodic voltage to the electrodes such that said ions formed by the ion former are confined into the three-dimensional ion confining space, wherein the voltage controller controls the periodic voltage such that said ions having a desired mass/charge ratio are emitted from the three-dimensional ion confining space;
a detector for detecting an estimated amount of said ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space by detecting the ions before entering the three-dimensional ion containing space; and
a restrictor to restrict ion density being introduced to the three-dimensional ion confining space.
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A three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer is suitable for preventing occurrence of a situation where the mass spectrometry cannot be conducted by an excessive existence of ions in a three-dimensional ion confining space, an amount of ions emitted from an ion source 1 is detected by a first electrode 3 of a lens, an output signal therefrom is inputted to a power supply 17 of a second electrode 4 of the lens and a focusing condition of ions caused by the lens is changed such that an amount of ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space does not exceed a certain level.
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1. A three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer comprising:
- an ion former for forming ions;
electrodes for forming an electric field in a three-dimensional ion confining space; a voltage controller for forming a three-dimensional quadrupole electric field in the three-dimensional ion confining space by applying a periodic voltage to the electrodes such that said ions formed by the ion former are confined into the three-dimensional ion confining space, wherein the voltage controller controls the periodic voltage such that said ions having a desired mass/charge ratio are emitted from the three-dimensional ion confining space; a detector for detecting an estimated amount of said ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space by detecting the ions before entering the three-dimensional ion containing space; and a restrictor to restrict ion density being introduced to the three-dimensional ion confining space. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- an ion former for forming ions;
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3. A three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer comprising:
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an ion former for forming ions; electrodes for forming an electric field in a three-dimensional ion confining space; a voltage controller for forming a three-dimensional quadrupole electric field by applying a periodic voltage to the electrodes such that said ions formed by the ion former are confined to the three-dimensional ion confining space;
wherein the voltage controller controls the periodic voltage such that said ions having a desired mass/charge ratio are emitted from the three-dimensional ion confining space;a detector for detecting an estimated amount of said ions by detecting the ions before entering the three-dimensional containing space and generating an electric signal corresponding to the amount of the estimated amount of ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space; and a restrictor restricting the amount of the ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space by controlling ion density introduced to the three-dimensional ion confining space such that the amount of the ions does not substantially exceed a predetermined level based on the generated electric signal. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A three-dimensional quadrupole mass spectrometer comprising:
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an ion former for forming ions in a three-dimensional ion confining space; electrodes for forming an electric field in the three-dimensional ion confining space; a voltage controller for forming a three-dimensional quadrupole electric field by applying a periodic voltage to the electrodes such that said ions formed by the ion former are confined to the three-dimensional ion confining space;
wherein the voltage controller controls the periodic voltage such that said ions having a desired mass/charge ratio are emitted from the three-dimensional ion confining space;a detector for detecting an estimated amount of said ions in the three-dimensional confining space by detecting ions emitted from the three-dimensional ion confining space and generating an electric signal corresponding to the amount of the estimated amount of said ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining region; and a restrictor restricting the amount of the ions existing in the three-dimensional ion confining space by controlling ion density introduced to the three-dimensional ion confining space such that the amount of the ions does not substantially exceed a predetermined level based on the generated electric signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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