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CA2429118A1
CA2429118A1 CA 2429118 CA2429118A CA2429118A1 CA 2429118 A1 CA2429118 A1 CA 2429118A1 CA 2429118 CA2429118 CA 2429118 CA 2429118 A CA2429118 A CA 2429118A CA 2429118 A1 CA2429118 A1 CA 2429118A1
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A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion detector 4 positioned upstream of a quadrupole mass filter/analyser 2. Ions are passed through the quadrupole mass filter/analyser 2, are stored in an ion trap and are then passed back through the same mass filter/analyser 2 before being detected by the upstream ion detector 4. MS/MS experiments can be performed using apparatus having only a single mass filter/analyser 2.

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1. A mass spectrometer comprising:
an ion source;
a mass filter/analyser arranged downstream of said ion source;
an upstream ion detector arranged upstream of said mass filter/mass analyser; and a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser.
2. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 1, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter is operated in a wide band pass mode so as to transmit substantially all ions and said downstream ion trap is arranged to accumulate ions.
3. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 2, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said ions and wherein at least some of said ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse said ions and wherein said ions are detected by said upstream ion detector.
4. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that only ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially fragmented and wherein fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said downstream ion trap.
5. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 4, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse said fragment ions and wherein said fragment ions are detected by said upstream ion detector.
6. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 4, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass filter said fragment ions so that fragment ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and fragment ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein said fragment ions transmitted by said mass filter are detected by said upstream ion detector.
7. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a downstream ion detector arranged downstream of said downstream ion trap.
8. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 7, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass analyse ions emitted from said ion source and wherein said ions are detected by said downstream ion detector.
9. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 7 or 8, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially fragmented and wherein fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said downstream ion trap.
10. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 9, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said fragment ions, wherein said fragment ions are detected by said upstream ion detector.
11. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said mass filter/analyser.
12. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 11, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass analyse ions emitted from said ion source and wherein said ions are detected by said downstream ion detector.
13. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 11 or 12, wherein in a mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially fragmented and wherein fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said downstream ion trap.
14. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 13, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said fragment ions and wherein said ions are detected by said upstream ion detector.
15. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 14, wherein ions emitted from said ion source are substantially simultaneously accumulated in said upstream ion trap whilst said fragment ions are being mass analysed.
16. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 14 or 15, wherein in a further mode of operation said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially fragmented and wherein fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said downstream ion trap.
17. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 16, wherein in said further mode of operation said mass filter/analyser also mass filters ions which have been previously accumulated in said upstream ion trap.
18. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 16 or 17, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases said fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass filter said fragment ions so that fragment ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and fragment ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein fragment ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially further fragmented to form second generation fragment ions and wherein said second generation fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said upstream ion trap.
19. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 18, wherein in a mode of operation said upstream ion trap is arranged to release said second generation fragment ions and wherein said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said second generation fragment ions and wherein said second generation fragment ions are detected by said downstream ion detector.
20. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a second upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said upstream ion trap.
21. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 20, wherein in a mode of operation said downstream ion trap releases fragment ions and wherein at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass filter said fragment ions so that fragment ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and fragment ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter and wherein fragment ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially further fragmented to form second generation fragment ions and wherein said second generation fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said upstream ion trap and wherein ions emitted from said ion source are substantially simultaneously accumulated in said second upstream ion trap whilst said fragment ions are being mass filtered by said mass filter.
22. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 21, wherein in a mode of operation said upstream ion trap is arranged to release said second generation fragment ions and wherein said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said second generation fragment ions and wherein said second generation fragment ions are detected by said downstream ion detector and wherein ions emitted from said ion source are substantially simultaneously accumulated in said second upstream ion trap whilst said second generation fragment ions are being mass analysed or mass filtered by said mass filter/analyser.
23. A mass spectrometer comprising:

an ion source;
a mass filter/analyser;
an upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said mass filter/analyser;
a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser; and a downstream ion detector arranged downstream of said downstream ion trap;
wherein said mass filter/analyser is arranged to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios axe attenuated by said mass filter and wherein ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter are arranged to be substantially fragmented and wherein said fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said downstream ion trap, wherein said downstream ion trap then releases said fragment ions and at least some of said fragment ions are passed back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is operated in a wide band pass mode so as to transmit substantially all said fragment ions wherein said fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said upstream ion trap, wherein said upstream ion trap then releases said fragment ions and at least some of said fragment ions are passed through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said fragment ions and wherein said fragment ions are transmitted by said downstream ion trap without said ions being substantially fragmented and are then detected by said downstream ion detector.
24. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said ion source is selected from the group consisting of: (i) Electrospray ("ESI") ion source; (ii) Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation ("APCI") ion source; (iii) Atmospheric Pressure Photo Ionisation ("APPI") ion source; (iv) Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation ("MALDI") ion source; (v) Laser Desorption Ionisation ("LDI") ion source; (vi) Inductively Coupled Plasma ("ICP") ion source; (vii) Electron Impact ("EI") ion source; (viii) Chemical Ionisation ("CI") ion source; (ix) a Fast Atom Bombardment ("FAB") ion source; and (x) a Liquid Secondary Ions Mass Spectrometry ("LSIMS") ion source.
25. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein when ions are arranged to be fragmented at least 50%, 60%, 700, 80%, 90% or 95% of the ions enter either said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap with an energy greater than or equal to 10 eV for a singly charged ion or greater than or equal to 20 eV for a doubly charged ion such that said ions are caused to fragment.
26. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap are maintained in use at a pressure selected from the group consisting of: (i) greater than or equal to 0.0001 mbar; (ii) greater than or equal to 0.0005 mbar; (iii) greater than or equal to 0.001 mbar; (iv) greater than or equal to 0.005 mbar; (v) greater than or equal to 0.01 mbar; (vi) greater than or equal to 0.05 mbar;
(vii) greater than or equal to 0.1 mbar; (viii) greater than or equal to 0.5 mbar; (ix) greater than or equal to 1 mbar; (x) greater than or equal to 5 mbar; and (xi) greater than or equal to 10 mbar.
27. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap is maintained in use at a pressure selected from the group consisting of: (i) less than or equal to 10 mbar;
(ii) less than or equal to 5 mbar; (iii) less than or equal to 1 mbar; (iv) less than or equal to 0.5 mbar;
(v) less than or equal to 0.1 mbar; (vi) less than or equal to 0.05 mbar; (vii) less than or equal to 0.01 mbar; (viii) less than or equal to 0.005 mbar; (ix) less than or equal to 0.001 mbar; (x) less than or equal to 0.0005 mbar; and (xi) less than or equal to 0.0001 mbar.
28. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap is maintained in use at a pressure selected from the group consisting of: (i) between 0.0001 and 10 mbar;
(ii) between 0.0001 and 1 mbar; (iii) between 0.0001 and 0.1 mbar; (iv) between 0.0001 and 0.01 mbar; (v) between 0.0001 and 0.001 mbar; (vi) between 0.001 and 10 mbar;
(vii) between 0.001 and 1 mbar; (viii) between 0.001 and 0.1 mbar; (ix) between 0.001 and 0.01 mbar; (x) between 0.01 and 10 mbar; (xi) between 0.01 and 1 mbar; (xii) between 0.01 and 0.1 mbar; (xiii) between 0.1 and 10 mbar; (xiv) between 0.1 and 1 mbar; and (xv) between 1 and 10 mbar.
29. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap are selected from the group consisting of: (i) an ion funnel comprising a plurality of electrodes having apertures therein through which ions are transmitted, wherein the diameter of said apertures becomes progressively smaller or larger; (ii) an ion tunnel comprising a plurality of electrodes having apertures therein through which ions are transmitted, wherein the diameter of said apertures remains substantially constant; and (iii) a stack of plate, ring or wire loop electrodes.
30. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap comprise a plurality of electrodes, each electrode having an aperture through which ions are transmitted in use.
31. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 29 or 30, wherein each electrode has a substantially circular aperture.
32. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 30 or 31, wherein the diameter of the apertures of at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 95% of the electrodes forming said wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap are selected from the group consisting of: (i) less than or equal to 10 mm; (ii) less than or equal to 9 mm; (iii) less than or equal to 8 mm; (iv) less than or equal to 7 mm; (v) less than or equal to 6 mm; (vi) less than or equal to 5 mm; (vii) less than or equal to 4 mm; (viii) less than or equal to 3 mm; (ix) less than or equal to 2 mm; and (x) less than or equal to 1 mm.
33. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 30, 31 or 32, wherein at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 95% of the electrodes forming said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap have apertures which are substantially the same size or area.
34. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any of claims 30-33, wherein the thickness of at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 95% of said electrodes is selected from the group consisting of: (i) less than or equal to 3 mm;
(ii) less than or equal to 2.5 mm; (iii) less than or equal to 2.0 mm; (iv) less than or equal to 1.5 mm; (v) less than or equal to 1.0 mm; and (vi) less than or equal to 0.5 mm.
35. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap consists of: (i) 10-20 electrodes; (ii) 20-30 electrodes; (iii) 30-40 electrodes; (iv) 40-50 electrodes; (v) 50-60 electrodes; (vi) 60-70 electrodes;
(vii) 70-80 electrodes; (viii) 80-90 electrodes; (ix) 90-100 electrodes; (x) 100-110 electrodes; (xi) 110-120 electrodes; (xii) 120-130 electrodes; (xiii) 130-140 electrodes; (xiv) 140-150 electrodes; or (xv) more than 150 electrodes.
36. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap has a length selected from the group consisting of: (i) less than 5 cm; (ii) 5-10 cm; (iii) 10-15 cm; (iv) 15-20 cm; (v) 20-25 cm; (vi) 25-30 cm; and (vii) greater than 30 cm.
37. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any of claims 30-36, wherein at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 95% of said electrodes are connected to both a DC and an AC or RF voltage supply.
38. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any of claims 30-37, wherein axially adjacent electrodes are supplied with AC or RF voltages having a phase difference of 180°.
39. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any of claims 1-28, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap comprise a segmented rod set.
40. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap comprise a housing having an upstream opening for allowing ions to enter said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap and a downstream opening for allowing ions to exit said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap.
41. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 40, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap further comprise an inlet port through which a collision gas is introduced.
42. A mass spectrometer as claimed in claim 41, wherein said collision gas comprises air and/or one or more inert gases and/or one or more non-inert gases.
43. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said upstream ion detector and/or said downstream ion detector are selected from the group consisting of: (i) a Micro Channel Plate ("MCP") ion detector; (ii) an electron-multiplier ion detector; and (iii) a phosphor or scintillator in conjunction with a photo-multiplier ion detector.
44. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion detector and/or said upstream ion detector form part of a further mass analyser, said further mass analyser selected from the group consisting of: (i) a Time of Flight mass analyser;
(ii) a quadrupole mass analyser; (iii) a Penning or Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance ("FTICR") mass analyser; (iv) a 2D or linear quadrupole ion trap; and (v) a Paul or 3D quadrupole ion trap.
45. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said downstream ion trap and/or said upstream ion trap and/or said second upstream ion trap may be operated in one of more of the following modes:
(i) an ion trapping mode wherein one or more trapping voltages are applied to prevent ions from exiting from one or more ends of said ion trap; (ii) an ion guide mode wherein no trapping voltages are applied and hence all ions received by said ion trap are substantially onwardly transmitted by said ion trap; (iii) a fragmentation mode wherein the ion trap is arranged to be maintained at a pressure and/or ions are arranged to enter the ion trap with an energy such that the ions are substantially fragmented within the ion trap; and (iv) an ion trapping and fragmentation mode wherein one or more trapping voltages are applied to prevent ions from exiting from one or more ends of said ion trap and wherein the ion trap is arranged to be maintained at a pressure and/or ions are arranged to enter the ion trap with an energy such that the ions are substantially fragmented within the ion trap.
46. A mass spectrometer as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein said mass filter/analyser is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a quadrupole rod set mass filter/analyser; (ii) a magnetic sector mass analyser; and (iii) a Time of Flight mass analyser.
47. A method of mass spectrometry, comprising:
providing an ion source, a mass filter/analyser arranged downstream of said ion source, an upstream ion detector arranged upstream of said mass filter/mass analyser and a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser;
trapping parent or fragment ions in said downstream ion trap;
ejecting said parent or fragment ions from said downstream ion trap and passing said parent or fragment ions through said mass filter/analyser;

mass analysing or mass filtering said parent or fragment ions; and detecting said ions with said upstream ion detector.
48. A method as claimed in claim 47, further comprising trapping ions generated from said ion source in an upstream ion trap whilst fragment ions are being mass analysed or mass filtered.
49. A method of mass spectrometry, comprising:
providing an ion source, a mass filter/analyser arranged downstream of said ion source, an upstream ion detector arranged upstream of said mass filter/mass analyser, an upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said mass filter/analyser, a second upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said upstream ion trap and a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser;
trapping fragment ions in said downstream ion trap;
ejecting said fragment ions from said downstream ion trap and passing said fragment ions through said mass filter/analyser;
mass filtering said fragment ions so that fragment ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter;
further fragmenting said fragment ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter to form second generation fragment ions; and accumulating said second generation fragment ions in said upstream ion trap.
50. A method as claimed in claim 49, further comprising trapping ions generated from said ion source in said second upstream ion trap whilst fragment ions are being mass filtered.
51. A method as claimed in claim 49 or 50, further comprising:
ejecting said second generation fragment ions from said upstream ion trap and passing said second generation fragment ions through said mass filter/analyser;
mass analysing or mass filtering said second generation fragment ions; and detecting said ions with said downstream ion detector.
52. A method as claimed in claim 51, further comprising trapping ions generated from said ion source in said second upstream ion trap whilst said second generation fragment ions are being mass analysed.
53. A method of mass spectrometry, comprising:
providing an ion source, a mass filter/analyser arranged downstream of said ion source, an upstream ion detector arranged upstream of said mass filter/mass analyser and a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser;
trapping fragment ions in said downstream ion trap;
ejecting said fragment ions from said downstream ion trap and passing said fragment ions through said mass filter/analyser;
mass filtering said fragment ions so that fragment ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are attenuated by said mass filter; and detecting said ions with said upstream ion detector.
54. A method of mass spectrometry, comprising:
providing an ion source, a mass filter/analyser arranged downstream of said ion source, an upstream ion trap arranged upstream of said mass filter/mass analyser, a downstream ion trap arranged downstream of said mass filter/analyser, and a downstream ion detector arranged downstream of said downstream ion trap;
arranging said mass filter/analyser to mass filter ions emitted from said ion source so that ions having a specific mass to charge ratio are onwardly transmitted and ions having other mass to charge ratios are substantially attenuated by said mass filter;
fragmenting said ions onwardly transmitted by said mass filter;
accumulating said fragment ions in said downstream ion trap;
releasing said fragment ions from said downstream ion trap;
passing at least some of said fragment ions back upstream through said mass filter/analyser which is operated in a wide band pass mode so as to transmit substantially all said fragment ions wherein said fragment ions are arranged to be accumulated in said upstream ion trap;
releasing said fragment ions from said upstream ion trap;
passing at least some of said fragment ions through said mass filter/analyser which is arranged to mass analyse or mass filter said fragment ions;
transmitting said fragment ions through said downstream ion trap without said fragment ions being substantially further fragmented; and detecting said ions with said downstream ion detector.
55. A method of mass spectrometry comprising sending ions an even number of times through the same mass filter/analyser before said ions are detected by an ion detector.
56. A method as claimed in claim 55, wherein ions are passed twice, four times, six times, eight times or ten times through the same mass filter/analyser and are not passed an odd number of times through the mass filter/analyser before said ions are detected by an ion detector.
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