EP1485938A1 - Self-aligned ion guide construction - Google Patents
Self-aligned ion guide constructionInfo
- Publication number
- EP1485938A1 EP1485938A1 EP02778308A EP02778308A EP1485938A1 EP 1485938 A1 EP1485938 A1 EP 1485938A1 EP 02778308 A EP02778308 A EP 02778308A EP 02778308 A EP02778308 A EP 02778308A EP 1485938 A1 EP1485938 A1 EP 1485938A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- rods
- rod
- ion guide
- groove
- alternate
- 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.)
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- 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
- H01J49/062—Ion guides
- H01J49/063—Multipole ion guides, e.g. quadrupoles, hexapoles
Definitions
- the invention relates in general to an assemblage of rods for generation of multipole fields to be employed for ion guide and mass analysis purposes, and more particularly to economical and precise construction arrangements thereof.
- an ion guide is an electro-optical device for confining the ion trajectories to a generally axial locus and that confinement is achieved through the influence of an appropriate electric multipole field distribution that returns a non-axially directed ion trajectory back toward the axis.
- the most common structural form for such a guide consists of a number, 2N, of metal rods arranged equidistant from a central axis. Opposite and/or 180° phase shifted AC potentials are applied in common to alternate rods.
- the efficacy of the ion guide depends upon precise geometry of the rod assembly as well as the congruence of virtual source and exit apertures of the guide with the real apertures of devices between which the ion guide operates, hi one system (a mass spectrometer), an ion source is disposed spaced apart from a mass analyzer with the ion guide therebetween. Separation of the ionization and mass analysis procedures and devices permits optimization of these procedures and hardware subject to the efficiency of the ion guide.
- the prior art has approached ion guide construction through support of the array of rods with at least a pair of axially spaced support assemblies having holes for retaining the relative positions of the rods and also for providing the desired common electrical contact of alternate rods.
- a support collar construction employing an insulating ring having axial extent sufficient to accommodate two axially spaced peripheral grooves on the outer azimuthal surface.
- An inner azimuthal surface has rod conformal arcuate surface portions formed therein to locate each rod.
- Each groove is characterized by a set of radially directed holes azimuthally spaced 2 ⁇ /N radians for an assembly of 2N rods. The angular positions for the hole set for one groove is staggered ⁇ /N with respect to the other groove.
- Common electrical contact for one sub-set of N rods is realized by a conductor disposed within the groove, which contacts a rod through the respective radially directed hole.
- the arcuate surface receives and constrains the outward radial locus of a rod. Electrical contact is established with a strong conducting wire captured in the groove and stressed such that when bonded through the holes to respective rods, there is an outward force on the rods balancing the inward constraining force of the arcuate surface portion against the rod, e.g., preloading the rod against the collar.
- the ion guide assembly is a robust self aligned structure and is characterized by an aperture limited only by the rods themselves.
- Figure 1 shows one context for the invention.
- Figure 2a is a perspective view of an ion guide assembly according to the invention.
- Figure 2b is an elevation of the ion guide of figure 2a.
- Figure 2c is a section through one support collar of the invention.
- Figure 3 shows a detail of a support collar of the invention.
- Figure 4 is a perspective representation of an alternative form of constructing an ion guide similar to figure 2a.
- FIG. 1 The context of the invention is schematically shown in figure 1 for one representative example.
- an ionization chamber 12 operates on a sample to produce an ionized portion of the sample that is extracted from the ionization chamber 12 for transport through ion guide 16 to analyzer 14.
- Schematically shown herein is an ion trap mass analyzer comprising the ion trap 18, detector/display, recorder 20 and trap support electronics 22.
- the separation of the ionization process from the analysis is often advantageous for a variety of reasons outside the scope of this work.
- the ion guide 16 shown in figures 2a and 2b incorporates features of the present invention, as specialized for the example, a hexapole ion guide.
- An assembly 30 of 6 cylindrical rods 32 are disposed axially equidistant on a circular locus orthogonal to the rod axes.
- the assembly 30 further includes one or more (preferably, two) insulating collars 34 and 36 of generally cylindrical geometry
- Figure 3 is a detailed illustration of the salient features of one such collar.
- Two grooves, 38 and 39, are inscribed on the outer azimuthal periphery of collars 34 and 36 and mutually axially displaced.
- the inner azimuthal periphery is characterized by rod-conformal arcuate (scalloped) portions 40 disposed at equal angular increments (here 60°).
- Each scalloped portion 40 defines the radial location of the rod in contact therewith and determines the axis of that individual rod, which is most usually parallel to the axes the other rods.
- Each groove 38 and 39 has radially directed holes formed to coincide with alternate scalloped portions 40.
- Conductors preferably wires 42 and 44, are disposed within respective grooves 38 and 39 and are suitably bonded through the radially directed holes to the corresponding rods to form electrical contact as well as a durable mechanical bond therewith.
- figure 3 shows a wire 44 bonded by spot weld 48 through hole 45 to one underlying rod 32.
- the wires 42 and 44 are captured in the grooves 38 and 39 under sufficient stress that, when bonded through corresponding holes to respective rods, such rods are preloaded in respect to the collars at the scalloped portions.
- Assembly of the ion guide 16 is practiced by arranging the rods about a mandrel centrally disposed within the set of rods to urge the rods outwardly against the scalloped portions 40.
- a wire 42 for example, is inwardly urged against the bottom of the groove and through each radially directed hole and preferably spot welded to the respective rod 11. The mandrel is then withdrawn.
- a wire in groove 38 for example, communicates with rods A, C and E while a wire in groove 39 would contact rods B, D and F through the corresponding radially directed holes.
- Electrical contact from each sub-set of rods may be effected from the wire or by a radially outward directed lead from a selected rod of each subset of rods.
- the insulating collars are formed from a plastic such as po'ly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) to produce a robust but flexible structure.
- PPS polyphnylene sulfide
- Ceramic, or other brittle insulator would also suffice for this purpose.
- Rods may be constructed of any suitable conductor, although it is generally desired that these be relatively chemically inert to an ion flux of varying character.
- Stainless steel wire has been used for the wire conductor 42 and spot welding to rods 32 has proved a simple and effective bond.
- the inventive arrangement is inherently self-aligning and easily assembled.
- the resulting ion guide exhibits no limiting inner diameter due to the support collars as would be the case where rods are led through holes in such supporting member. It is useful for one collar to further include a radial extension forming a flange 46 to mate with a terminal device as represented by ionization chamber 12 or analyzer 18.
- a hexapole ion guide in accord with the above description has been constructed having gross dimensions of 6 cm. in length with outer collar diameter (excluding flange) ofO.50 inch.
- the rods were 2.4 mm. stainless steel disposed at equal 60° increments on a circle of 0.290 inch diameter.
- the connecting wires 42 were 0.020 in. stainless steel.
- the construction as described herein has been used in a mass spectrometer system as indicated in figure 1 and is particularly robust and tolerant of disassembly and re-assembly for cleaning, maintenance and the like.
- the ion guide structure described above is constructed through a casting process by placing the rods 32 in a fixture 52 that establishes the desired spatial relationship of such rods. Conductor wires 42 are then bonded to the appropriate rods as described, via solder or tack welding.
- a mold 50 forms a slip fit about the assembly of the fixture 52 and rods 32 sufficient to contain a (temporary) fluid phase insulating medium, such as an epoxy. Any of a wide choice of epoxy materials may be found to be useful and a particular choice will depend upon electric field strength to be applied, outgassing characteristics, possible contaminating effects (upon the analysis instrument) realized from low energy ion induced erosion, mechanical and thermal properties and the like. These aspects are outside the scope of this work.
- Suitable applications of the conveyer may include applications other than mass spectroscopy applications.
- the ion guide need not be straight, but can take on a desired non-linear trajectory. Lengthy guides may be achieved with more collars spaced appropriately. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined by the following claims and their legal equivalents.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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US36450702P | 2002-03-12 | 2002-03-12 | |
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PCT/US2002/030079 WO2003079398A1 (en) | 2002-03-12 | 2002-09-24 | Self-aligned ion guide construction |
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EP1485938A1 true EP1485938A1 (en) | 2004-12-15 |
EP1485938B1 EP1485938B1 (en) | 2010-06-02 |
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JP (1) | JP3927178B2 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60236626D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003079398A1 (en) |
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US7709790B2 (en) * | 2008-04-01 | 2010-05-04 | Thermo Finnigan Llc | Removable ion source that does not require venting of the vacuum chamber |
GB201810823D0 (en) | 2018-06-01 | 2018-08-15 | Micromass Ltd | An inner source assembly and associated components |
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- 2002-09-24 DE DE60236626T patent/DE60236626D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2002-09-24 WO PCT/US2002/030079 patent/WO2003079398A1/en active Application Filing
- 2002-09-24 JP JP2003577298A patent/JP3927178B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE60236626D1 (en) | 2010-07-15 |
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