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Mass spectrometry method using supplemental AC voltage signals
Assignee: Shimadzu Corp
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Filing: 1991-08-30
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Granted: 1993-04-06
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Expires: 2011-08-30
Abstract
Abstract A mass spectrometry method in which a supplemental AC voltage signal having at least one high power frequency component, and at least one low power frequency component, is applied to an ion trap. Each high power component has an amplitude sufficiently large to eject one or more selected ions from the trap, by resonantly exciting the ions. Each low power component has an amplitude sufficient to induce dissociation (or reaction) of one or more selected ions, but insufficient to resonate the ions for detection. The frequency (or band of frequencies) of each high and low power frequency component is selected to match a resonance frequency of ions having a desired mass-to-charge ratio. Each low power component is applied for the purpose of inducing dissociation or reaction of specific trapped ions, which may be parent, daughter, reagent, or product ions, and each high power component is applied to eject undesired products of each such dissociation or reaction process from the trap. In accordance with the invention, a supplemental voltage signal having appropriately selected high and low power frequency components is applied to a trap during an (MS) n or CI, or combined CI/(MS) n , mass spectrometry operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul E. Kelley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J49/00; H01J49/004; H01J49/0045; H01J49/0063; H01J49/26; H01J49/34; H01J49/42; H01J49/4205; H01J49/424; H01J49/426; H01J49/427; H01J49/4285
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 53
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping a parent ion, a product ion, and an undesired ion within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a high power frequency component and a low power frequency component, wherein the low power frequency component has an amplitude selected to induce a first reaction of the parent ion, wherein the first reaction produces the product ion, wherein the low power frequency component has a frequency matching a resonant frequency of the parent ion, wherein the high power frequency component has a frequency matching a resonant frequency of the undesired ion, wherein the high power frequency component has an amplitude sufficient to eject the undesired ion from the trap region, and wherein the low power frequency component is applied simultaneously with the high power frequency component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping a parent ion, a product ion, and an undesired ion within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a high power frequency component and a low power frequency component, wherein the low power frequency component has an amplitude selected to induce a first reaction of the parent ion, wherein the first reaction produces the product ion, wherein the low power frequency component has a frequency matching a resonant frequency of the parent ion, wherein the high power frequency component has a frequency matching a resonant frequency of the undesired ion, wherein the high power frequency component has an amplitude sufficient to eject the undesired ion from the trap region, and wherein the low power frequency component is applied simultaneously with the high power frequency component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the undesired ion is second product ion of the first reaction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1, also including the step of: (c) after step (b), exciting the product ion for detection.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 3, wherein step (c) includes the step of resonating said product ion to a degree sufficient for in-trap detection by an in-trap detector.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the trapping field is a three-dimensional quadrupole trapping field, and wherein the electrodes include a ring electrode and a pair of end electrodes separated along a central axis, and also including the step of: detecting the product ion using a detector positioned away from the central axis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the trapping field is a three-dimensional quadrupole trapping field, and wherein the electrodes include a ring electrode and a pair of end electrodes separated along a central axis, and also including the step of: detecting the product ion using a detector positioned along the central axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a band of frequency components including said high power frequency component.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a band of frequency components including said low power frequency component.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) includes the step of applying a filtered noise signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonate out of the trap region unwanted ions, other than the parent ion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
The method of claim 9, wherein the trapping field is a three-dimensional quadrupole trapping field, wherein the electrodes include a ring electrode and a pair of end electrodes, wherein step (a) includes the steps of: applying a fundamental voltage signal to the ring electrode to establish the trapping field; and applying the filtered noise signal to the ring electrode to resonate the unwanted ions out of the trap region in radial directions toward the ring electrode.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the trapping field is a three dimensional quadrupole trapping field, and wherein step (a) includes the step of: applying to the electrodes a fundamental voltage signal having a radio frequency component.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the low power frequency component has amplitude in the range from about 100 millivolts to about 200 millivolts, and the high power frequency component has amplitude in the range from about 1 volt to about 10 volts.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
151 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping parent ions, product ions, and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to the electrodes, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has at least two high power frequency components and at least two low power frequency components, wherein the low power frequency components have amplitudes selected to induce reactions of trapped ions, and the low power frequency components have frequencies matching resonant frequencies of the trapped ions, wherein the reactions produce product ions, wherein the high power frequency components have frequencies matching resonant frequencies of undesired ions, and wherein the high power frequency components have amplitudes sufficient to eject the undesired ions from the trap region, and wherein the low power frequency components are applied simultaneously with the high power frequency components.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
151 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping parent ions, product ions, and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to the electrodes, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has at least two high power frequency components and at least two low power frequency components, wherein the low power frequency components have amplitudes selected to induce reactions of trapped ions, and the low power frequency components have frequencies matching resonant frequencies of the trapped ions, wherein the reactions produce product ions, wherein the high power frequency components have frequencies matching resonant frequencies of undesired ions, and wherein the high power frequency components have amplitudes sufficient to eject the undesired ions from the trap region, and wherein the low power frequency components are applied simultaneously with the high power frequency components.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the undesired ions is one of the product ions.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 13, also including the step of: (c) after step (b), exciting selected ones of the product ions for detection.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the selected ones of the product ions are excited in non-consecutive mass order for detection.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 15, wherein step (c) includes the step of resonating the selected ones of the product ions to a degree sufficient for in-trap detection by an in-trap detector.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the trapping field is a three-dimensional quadrupole trapping field, and wherein the electrodes include a ring electrode and a pair of end electrodes separated along a central axis, and also including the step of: (d) detecting the product ions using a detector positioned away from the central axis.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 15, wherein the trapping field is a three-dimensional quadrupole trapping field, and wherein the electrodes include a ring electrode and a pair of end electrodes separated along a central axis, and also including the step of: (d) detecting the product ion using a detector positioned along the central axis.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a band of frequency components including a first one of said high power frequency components.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the supplemental AC voltage signal has a band of frequency components including a first one of said low power frequency components.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the low power frequency components have amplitudes selected to induce at least one reaction of a first parent ion, and wherein step (a) includes the step of applying a filtered noise signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonate out of the trap region unwanted ions other than said first parent ion.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the low power frequency components have amplitudes in the range from about 100 millivolts to about 200 millivolts, and the high power frequency components have amplitudes in the range from about 1 volt to about 10 volts.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
79 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping target ions and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) after step (a), applying a sequence of supplemental voltage signals to at least one of the electrodes, to resonantly excite a desired sequence of the target ions for detection, wherein each of the supplemental voltage signals is a pulsed signal having a nonzero, finite frequency bandwidth.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
79 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping target ions and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; and (b) after step (a), applying a sequence of supplemental voltage signals to at least one of the electrodes, to resonantly excite a desired sequence of the target ions for detection, wherein each of the supplemental voltage signals is a pulsed signal having a nonzero, finite frequency bandwidth.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 24, wherein the bandwidth of each of the supplemental voltage signals is a narrow bandwidth spanning a resonant frequency of a selected one of the trapped ions.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 24, wherein the bandwidth of each of the supplemental voltage signals is chosen to match a range of frequencies of a set of selected ones of the trapped ions.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 24, also including the step of: (c) after step (a) and before step (b), applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, to eject at least some of the undesired ions from the trap region.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
190 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping target ions and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes, and storing a set of target ions and undesired ions within the trap region; (b) applying a filtered noise signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonate out of the trap region at least some of the undesired ions; (c) after step (b), exciting at least some of the target ions for detection, and detecting a target ion signal resulting from excitation of said at least some of the target ions; (d) generating an integrated target ion signal by integrating the target ion signal and processing the integrated target ion signal to determine optimizing parameters for storing an optimal number of target ions in the trap region, wherein excitation of the optimal number of target ions for detection results in maximal target ion detection sensitivity; (e) after step (d), applying the optimizing parameters to store said optimal number of target ions within the trap region; and (f) exciting for detection the target ions stored during step (e).
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
190 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing a trapping field capable of trapping target ions and undesired ions within a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes, and storing a set of target ions and undesired ions within the trap region; (b) applying a filtered noise signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonate out of the trap region at least some of the undesired ions; (c) after step (b), exciting at least some of the target ions for detection, and detecting a target ion signal resulting from excitation of said at least some of the target ions; (d) generating an integrated target ion signal by integrating the target ion signal and processing the integrated target ion signal to determine optimizing parameters for storing an optimal number of target ions in the trap region, wherein excitation of the optimal number of target ions for detection results in maximal target ion detection sensitivity; (e) after step (d), applying the optimizing parameters to store said optimal number of target ions within the trap region; and (f) exciting for detection the target ions stored during step (e).
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (e) also includes the step of applying the filtered noise signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonate undesired ions out of the trap region.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (f) includes the step of applying a sequence of supplemental voltage signals to at least one of the electrodes, to resonantly excite a desired sequence of the target ions for detection.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 28, wherein the optimizing parameters include an optimum ionization time.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 31, wherein step (e) includes the step of introducing an ionizing beam into the trap region for said optimum ionization time.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 31, wherein step (e) includes the step of injecting a beam of ions into the trap region for said optimum ionization time.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method of claim 28 wherein the target ions are product ions, wherein reagent ions and precursor ions are stored during step (a), and also including the step of: after steps (a) and (b) but before step (c), allowing the reagent ions and the precursor ions stored during step (a) to react, thereby producing product ions, and wherein at least some of the product ions are excited for detection during step (c).
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 28, wherein the target ions are daughter ions, wherein parent ions are stored during step (a), and also including the step of: after steps (a) and (b) but before step (c), allowing or inducing at least some of the parent ions stored during step (a) to dissociate, thereby producing daughter ions, and wherein at least some of the daughter ions are excited for detection during step (c).
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (c) includes the step of changing the trapping field to excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (c) includes the steps of: applying a supplemental voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, thereby establishing a combined trapping field within the trap region; and changing the combined trapping field to excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (f) includes the step of changing the trapping field to excite said target ions for detection.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (f) includes the steps of: applying a supplemental voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, thereby establishing a combined trapping field within the trap region; and changing the combined trapping field to excite said target ions for detection.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 28, wherein step (c) includes the step of applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonantly excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
151 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing an RF/DC mode quadrupole field and employing said RF/DC mode quadrupole field to inject target ions into a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; (b) exciting at least some of the target ions for detection, and detecting a target ion signal resulting from excitation of said at least some of the target ions; (c) generating an integrated target ion signal by integrating the target ion signal and processing the integrated target ion signal to determine optimizing parameters for storing an optimal number of target ions in the trap region, wherein excitation of the optimal number of target ions for detection results in maximal target ion detection sensitivity; (d) after step (c), applying the optimizing parameters to store said optimal number of target ions within the trap region; and (e) exciting for detection the target ions stored during step (d).
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
151 words
A mass spectrometry method, including the steps of: (a) establishing an RF/DC mode quadrupole field and employing said RF/DC mode quadrupole field to inject target ions into a trap region bounded by a set of electrodes; (b) exciting at least some of the target ions for detection, and detecting a target ion signal resulting from excitation of said at least some of the target ions; (c) generating an integrated target ion signal by integrating the target ion signal and processing the integrated target ion signal to determine optimizing parameters for storing an optimal number of target ions in the trap region, wherein excitation of the optimal number of target ions for detection results in maximal target ion detection sensitivity; (d) after step (c), applying the optimizing parameters to store said optimal number of target ions within the trap region; and (e) exciting for detection the target ions stored during step (d).
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 41, wherein the optimizing parameters include an optimal duration for injection of target ions into the trap region, and wherein step (d) includes the step of injecting target ions into the trap region for said optimal duration.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (b) includes the step of applying a supplemental AC voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes to resonantly excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (b) includes the step of changing the trapping field to excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (b) includes the steps of: applying a supplemental voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, thereby establishing a combined trapping field within the trap region; and changing the combined trapping field to excite said at least some of the target ions for detection.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (e) includes the step of changing the trapping field to excite said target ions for detection.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (e) includes the steps of: applying a supplemental voltage signal to at least one of the electrodes, thereby establishing a combined trapping field within the trap region; and changing the combined trapping field to excite said target ions for detection.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 41, wherein step (e) includes the step of applying a sequence of supplemental voltage signals to at least one of the electrodes, to resonantly excite a desired sequence of the target ions for detection.
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