Global Patent Index - EP 1658632 B1

EP 1658632 B1 20080917 - MASS SPECTROMETER AND LIQUID-METAL ION SOURCE FOR A MASS SPECTROMETER OF THIS TYPE

Title (en)

MASS SPECTROMETER AND LIQUID-METAL ION SOURCE FOR A MASS SPECTROMETER OF THIS TYPE

Title (de)

MASSENSPEKTROMETER UND FLÜSSIGMETALL-IONENQUELLE FÜR EIN SOLCHES MASSENSPEKTROMETER

Title (fr)

SPECTROMETRE DE MASSE ET SOURCE D'IONS A METAL LIQUIDE POUR SPECTROMETRE DE MASSE DE CE TYPE

Publication

EP 1658632 B1 20080917 (DE)

Application

EP 04740521 A 20040701

Priority

  • EP 2004007154 W 20040701
  • DE 10339346 A 20030825

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2016254134A1] The invention relates to a mass spectrometer comprising an ion source for producing a primary ion beam, which has a heatable ion emitter coated by a liquid metal layer essentially comprised of pure metallic Bismuth or of a low-melting-point alloy containing, in essence, Bismuth. A Bismuth ion mixed beam can be emitted by the ion emitter under the influence of an electric field. From the Bismuth ion mixed beam, one of a number of Bismuth ion types whose mass is a multiple of monatomic singly or multiply charged Bismuth ions Bi1p+, is to be filtered out in the form of a mass-pure ion beam that is solely comprised of ions of a type Binp+, in which n≧2 and p≧1, and n and p are each a natural number.

IPC 8 full level

H01J 49/10 (2006.01); H01J 27/26 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/26 (2006.01); H01J 49/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01J 27/26 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 49/16 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 49/40 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (examination)

US 6002128 A 19991214 - HILL ROWLAND [GB], et al

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005029532 A2 20050331; WO 2005029532 A3 20060420; AT E408891 T1 20081015; DE 10339346 A1 20050414; DE 10339346 B4 20051208; DE 10339346 B8 20060413; EP 1658632 A2 20060524; EP 1658632 B1 20080917; JP 2007503685 A 20070222; JP 2011243591 A 20111201; JP 2014006265 A 20140116; JP 5128814 B2 20130123; JP 5416178 B2 20140212; US 2006202130 A1 20060914; US 2012104249 A1 20120503; US 2016254134 A1 20160901; US 9378937 B2 20160628

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2004007154 W 20040701; AT 04740521 T 20040701; DE 10339346 A 20030825; EP 04740521 A 20040701; JP 2006524234 A 20040701; JP 2011193692 A 20110906; JP 2013208935 A 20131004; US 201213347792 A 20120111; US 201615152757 A 20160512; US 56883204 A 20040701; US 56883206 A 20060217