Global Patent Index - EP 3243210 A1

EP 3243210 A1 20171115 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL IONIZATION OF A GAS MIXTURE

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL IONIZATION OF A GAS MIXTURE

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR CHEMISCHEN IONISATION EINES GASGEMISCHES

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF D'IONISATION CHIMIQUE D'UN MÉLANGE DE GAZ

Publication

EP 3243210 A1 20171115 (DE)

Application

EP 16709715 A 20160224

Priority

  • EP 15156526 A 20150225
  • EP 2016053833 W 20160224

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016135179A1] A method and apparatus for chemical ionization of analyte gas particles in a carrier gas by introducing primary ions, characterized in that the primary and product ions are accelerated by a rotating electrical field at right angles to that direction (5) in which the ions are transported towards the exit (3) of the reaction volume (1). This can, for example, reduce unwanted cluster formation without increasing the transport speed of the ions through the reaction chamber, which improves, for example, the product ion yield. The apparatus of the invention achieves this by means of N ≥ 3 bar electrodes (6) to which N AC voltages U1(t),...,UN(t) with N different phases ascending in one sense of rotation φ1,...,φN.

IPC 8 full level

H01J 49/06 (2006.01); H01J 49/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

G01N 30/7206 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 49/0027 (2013.01 - US); H01J 49/06 (2013.01 - CN EP US); H01J 49/145 (2013.01 - CN EP US); G01N 30/7206 (2013.01 - CN)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2016135179A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3062332 A1 20160831; CN 107873105 A 20180403; CN 107873105 B 20200818; EP 3243210 A1 20171115; US 10224190 B2 20190305; US 2018047550 A1 20180215; WO 2016135179 A1 20160901

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 15156526 A 20150225; CN 201680018368 A 20160224; EP 16709715 A 20160224; EP 2016053833 W 20160224; US 201615552872 A 20160224