Title:
DEVICE FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/004542
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A device for mass spectrometry comprises an ionization source, a mass analyzer fluidly coupled to the ionization source and an electronic data acquisition system for processing signals provided by the mass analyzer. The electronic data acquisition system comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter ( 10) producing digitized data from the signals obtained from the mass analyzer and a fast processing unit (47) receiving the digitized data from said analog-to-digital converter ( 10). The fast processing (47) unit is programmed to continuously, in real time inspect the digitized data for events of interest measured by the mass spectrometer; and the electronic data acquisition system is programmed to forward (23) the digitized data representing mass spectra relating to events of interest for further analysis and to reject the digitized data representing mass spectra not relating to events of interest. The device allows for maintaining efficiency at high speed by eliminating all processing times (idle time in acquisition) for data segments that do not contain information about events.
Inventors:
GONIN MARC (CH)
ROHNER URS (CH)
TANNER CHRISTIAN (CH)
TANNER MARTIN (CH)
KIMMEL JOEL (US)
ROHNER URS (CH)
TANNER CHRISTIAN (CH)
TANNER MARTIN (CH)
KIMMEL JOEL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/CH2015/000101
Publication Date:
March 10, 2016
Filing Date:
July 09, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOFWERK AG (CH)
International Classes:
H01J49/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HOPPLER, Justin et al. (Eigerstrasse 2 Postfach, 3000 Bern 14, CH)
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