MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH SEGMENTED RF MULTIPLE ION GUIDES IN VARIOUS PRESSURE REGIONS

摘要

A mass spectrometer is configured with individual multipole ion guides, configured in an assembly in alignment along a common centerline. A linear (22) of four independent quadrupole ion guides (23, 24, 25, 26) and three smaller quadrupole ion guide segments (39, 40, 41) are positioned along comm on axis (27) and are configured in a six vaccum pumping stage hybrid API source - multiple quadrupole TOF mass analyzer.