GB2308491B - Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with improved mass resolution - Google Patents

Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with improved mass resolution

Info

Publication number
GB2308491B
GB2308491B GB9609523A GB9609523A GB2308491B GB 2308491 B GB2308491 B GB 2308491B GB 9609523 A GB9609523 A GB 9609523A GB 9609523 A GB9609523 A GB 9609523A GB 2308491 B GB2308491 B GB 2308491B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
time
improved
resolution
mass spectrometry
flight
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
GB9609523A
Other versions
GB2308491A (en
GB9609523D0 (en
GB2308491A8 (en
Inventor
Armin Holle
Claus Koster
Jochen Franzen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Bruker Daltonics GmbH and Co KG
Original Assignee
Bruken Franzen Analytik GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Bruken Franzen Analytik GmbH filed Critical Bruken Franzen Analytik GmbH
Publication of GB9609523D0 publication Critical patent/GB9609523D0/en
Publication of GB2308491A publication Critical patent/GB2308491A/en
Publication of GB2308491A8 publication Critical patent/GB2308491A8/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2308491B publication Critical patent/GB2308491B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/10—Ion sources; Ion guns
    • H01J49/16—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission
    • H01J49/161—Ion sources; Ion guns using surface ionisation, e.g. field-, thermionic- or photo-emission using photoionisation, e.g. by laser
    • H01J49/164—Laser desorption/ionisation, e.g. matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation [MALDI]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/02—Details
    • H01J49/06—Electron- or ion-optical arrangements
    • H01J49/067—Ion lenses, apertures, skimmers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/26—Mass spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/34—Dynamic spectrometers
    • H01J49/40—Time-of-flight spectrometers

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Electron Tubes For Measurement (AREA)
  • Other Investigation Or Analysis Of Materials By Electrical Means (AREA)
GB9609523A 1995-09-19 1996-05-08 Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with improved mass resolution Expired - Lifetime GB2308491B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19534694 1995-09-19

Publications (4)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB9609523D0 GB9609523D0 (en) 1996-07-10
GB2308491A GB2308491A (en) 1997-06-25
GB2308491A8 GB2308491A8 (en) 2000-07-05
GB2308491B true GB2308491B (en) 2000-08-16

Family

ID=7772552

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB9609523A Expired - Lifetime GB2308491B (en) 1995-09-19 1996-05-08 Time-of-flight mass spectrometry with improved mass resolution

Country Status (2)

Country Link
DE (1) DE19547949C2 (en)
GB (1) GB2308491B (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6002127A (en) 1995-05-19 1999-12-14 Perseptive Biosystems, Inc. Time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of biomolecules
DE19636797C2 (en) * 1996-09-11 2003-04-10 Bruker Daltonik Gmbh Geometry of a high-resolution linear time-of-flight mass spectrometer
GB9719697D0 (en) * 1997-09-16 1997-11-19 Isis Innovation Atom probe
DE10112386B4 (en) * 2001-03-15 2007-08-02 Bruker Daltonik Gmbh Time-of-flight mass spectrometer with multiplex operation

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2239985A (en) * 1989-12-21 1991-07-17 Vg Instr Group Method and apparatus for surface analysis
US5065018A (en) * 1988-12-14 1991-11-12 Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh Time-of-flight spectrometer with gridless ion source
US5144127A (en) * 1991-08-02 1992-09-01 Williams Evan R Surface induced dissociation with reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry
WO1995033279A1 (en) * 1994-05-31 1995-12-07 University Of Warwick Tandem mass spectrometry apparatus
GB2305539A (en) * 1995-09-19 1997-04-09 Bruker Franzen Analytik Gmbh Time-of-flight mass spectrometers
GB2307782A (en) * 1995-12-01 1997-06-04 Bruker Franzen Analytik Gmbh Structural analysis by time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Family Cites Families (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5300774A (en) * 1991-04-25 1994-04-05 Applied Biosystems, Inc. Time-of-flight mass spectrometer with an aperture enabling tradeoff of transmission efficiency and resolution

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5065018A (en) * 1988-12-14 1991-11-12 Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh Time-of-flight spectrometer with gridless ion source
GB2239985A (en) * 1989-12-21 1991-07-17 Vg Instr Group Method and apparatus for surface analysis
US5144127A (en) * 1991-08-02 1992-09-01 Williams Evan R Surface induced dissociation with reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry
WO1995033279A1 (en) * 1994-05-31 1995-12-07 University Of Warwick Tandem mass spectrometry apparatus
GB2305539A (en) * 1995-09-19 1997-04-09 Bruker Franzen Analytik Gmbh Time-of-flight mass spectrometers
GB2307782A (en) * 1995-12-01 1997-06-04 Bruker Franzen Analytik Gmbh Structural analysis by time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2308491A (en) 1997-06-25
GB9609523D0 (en) 1996-07-10
DE19547949C2 (en) 2000-04-06
GB2308491A8 (en) 2000-07-05
DE19547949A1 (en) 1997-03-20

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB2305539B (en) Improved mass resolution in time-of-flight mass spectrometers with reflectors
GB2274197B (en) Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
EP0871201A4 (en) Mass spectrometer
GB9802115D0 (en) Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
AU2065199A (en) Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
AU4741197A (en) Mass spectrometer
EP0914194A4 (en) End cap reflectron for time-of-flight mass spectrometer
GB2317495B (en) Wide mass range focusing in time-of-flight mass spectrometers
DE69629920D1 (en) MASS SPECTROMETRY
GB9806808D0 (en) Miniature quadrupole mass spectrometer array
GB9920280D0 (en) Mass spectrometer
GB2317049B (en) Accurate mass determination with MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometers using internal reference substances
GB2250632B (en) Tandem mass spectrometry systems based on time-of-flight analyser
GB9304462D0 (en) Mass spectrometer
GB2302984B (en) Ion trap mass spectrometer with vacuum-external ion generation
EP0624898A3 (en) Quadrupole mass spectrometer.
EP0456517A3 (en) Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
GB2317048B (en) Linear time-of-flight mass spectrometer with high mass resolution
GB9622191D0 (en) Mass spectrometer
GB2295720B (en) Device and method for the improved mass resolution of a time-of-flight mass spectrometer with ion reflector
GB2300967B (en) Mass spectrometer
DE69623728D1 (en) mass spectrometry
AU3041197A (en) Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
GB2317047B (en) High resolution ion detection for linear time-of-flight mass spectrometers
AU8274798A (en) Novel mass spectrometer

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Expiry date: 20160507