Mass Spectrometer (2)

Ion Funnel Offerings

Ion funnel is a device that utilizing ion molecule collision and RF pseudopotential field is collect ions from a high pressure region and transition into a lower pressure region. The device was invented decades ago by PNNL. The patent had since expired. There are a few companies sells custom ion funnels, might as well add another one from SpecialtyCircuits LLC. The most commonly documented ion funnels are build with multiple PCBs, well the most produced ones are not. The big names in mass spectrometer business does not regularly advertise their internal components engineering publicly. The standard-off-the-shelf offering from SpecialtyCircuits is…

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Miniature Ion Guide/Funnel Driver Electronics

After the founder of SpecialtyCircuits LLC quit his job in a mass spectrometer company and went to do software engineering, he did not think he was done with mass spectrometer yet. So he spent some time in the evenings before his daughter's birth designing a new set of RF electronics for ion guides with simplification and cost-reduction as the primary goal. Once his daughter was born, this new life priority took charge and the progress of ion guide driver stalled. Now that the daughter has grown big enough, he is now able to restart this project. Highlights: Please contract …

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