US 12,112,935 B2
Ion guide
Kevin Giles, Stockport (GB); Jakub Ujma, Manchester (GB); James Harrison, Stockport (GB); Bharat Chande, Dunkinfield (GB); and Graham Scambler, Wilmslow (GB)
Assigned to Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
Appl. No. 17/613,796
Filed by Micromass UK Limited, Wilmslow (GB)
PCT Filed May 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051304
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240197, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1907787 (GB), filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216045 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01J 49/06 (2006.01); G01N 27/622 (2021.01); H01J 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/065 (2013.01) [G01N 27/622 (2013.01); H01J 49/022 (2013.01); H01J 49/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ion guide and/or trap comprising:
a plurality of electrodes;
a detector configured to detect light or particles emitted from the ion guide and/or ion trap due to electrical breakdown; and
a control circuit configured to control the ion guide and/or ion trap in response to the detector detecting light or particles emitted from the ion guide and/or ion trap.