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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7211805 | Liquid metal ion gun An emitter of a Ga liquid metal ion source is constituted to include W12 of a base material and Ga9 of an ion source element covering a surface as construction materials. By making back-sputtered particles become elements (W and Ga) of the Ga liquid metal ion sour s... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208727 | Electrospray systems and methods Electrospray systems, electrospray structures, removable electrospray structures, methods of operating electrospray systems, and methods of fabricating electrospray systems, are disclosed. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204921 | Vacuum apparatus and vacuum processing method A vacuum apparatus which can easily regenerate plasma is provided. A matching box used in the vacuum apparatus can vary the impedance thereof by varying the magnitudes of the inductance of variable inductance elements. Controlling the magnitude of direct current mak... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205552 | Monatomic boron ion source and method Monotomic boron ions for ion implantation are supplied from decaborane vapour. The vapour is fed to a plasma chamber and a plasma produced in the chamber with sufficient energy density to disassociate the decaborane molecules to produce monatomic boron ions in the p... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202474 | Ion attachment mass spectrometry apparatus An ion attachment mass spectrometry apparatus causing positively charged metal ions to attach to molecules of a gas to be measured in an attachment region to generate attached ions and then performing mass spectrometry on the attached ions by a mass spectrometer, ha... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199361 | Broad ion fragmentation coverage in mass spectrometry by varying the collision energy In the field of mass spectrometry, a method of obtaining a mass spectrum enriched with fragment ions while retaining the precursor ion. The technique includes varying the collision energy experienced by the precursor ion such that a range of fragmentations occur. Re... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199374 | Corona discharge lamps Excimers are formed in a gas (30,130) by applying a pulsed potential between a first electrode (14,114) and a counter electrode (26, 126) so that corona discharge occurs, substantially without arcing, when the potential is on. The pulses or on-t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199993 | Ion-generating component, ion-generating unit, and ion-generating apparatus An ion-generating component has, on an insulating substrate, a ground electrode, a high-voltage electrode, an insulating film provided on the surface of the ground electrode, and a wire electrode. A cutout is formed by cutting out one side of the insulating substrat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196326 | Mass spectrometer and reaction cell for ion-ion reactions The invention relates to a reaction cell for reactions between different types of ion species and a related mass spectrometer to analyze the ion products. The invention consists in an RF-operated straight ion guide with a side inlet, particularly suitable for reacti... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196337 | Particle processing apparatus and methods This invention relates to an apparatus for processing particles. The apparatus comprises a particle source having an exist aperture; an extraction electrode located at the exist aperture; an acceleration electrode adjacent to the extraction electrode; a processing c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193206 | Ambient pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) apparatus and method of analysis A mass spectrometer having a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) source which operates at ambient pressure is disclosed. The apparatus and method are disclosed to analyze at least one sample which contains at least one analyte using matrix-assisted l... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189979 | Electron gun An electron gun includes a cathode portion which emits electrons, an anode portion which accelerates the emission electrons, a bias portion which is arranged between the cathode portion and the anode portion and controls trajectories of the emission electrons, a shi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189976 | Method for generating high-speed particle and system for generating high-speed particle The present invention relates to a high-speed particle generating method and so on for generating high-speed particles from a high-speed particle generating target by condensing a pulsed laser beam to a micro-spot on the surface of a high-speed particle generating t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185602 | Ion implantation ion source, system and method An ion implantation device for vaporizing decaborane and other heat-sensitive materials via a novel vaporizer and vapor delivery system and delivering a controlled, low-pressure drop flow of vapors, e.g. decaborane, into the ion source. The ion implantation device i... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183559 | Ion source with substantially planar design In certain example embodiments of this invention, there is provide an ion source including an anode and a cathode. In certain example embodiments, the cathode does not overhang over the anode, or vice versa. Since no, or fewer, areas of overhang are provided between... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183541 | Mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer has an ionizing portion for ionizing a sample, a mass spectrometric portion for subjecting a sample ion to mass separation and detecting the sample ion and a control portion for controlling operation of a total of the apparatus. The mass spectrom... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180059 | Apparatus and method for sensor control and feedback The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for use with a mass spectrometry system. The invention provides an ion source, infrared emitter and sensor with closed control feedback loop coupled to the infrared emitter. Methods of control and heating usin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176469 | Negative ion source with external RF antenna A radio frequency (RF) driven plasma ion source has an external RF antenna, i.e. the RF antenna is positioned outside the plasma generating chamber rather than inside. The RF antenna is typically formed of a small diameter metal tube coated with an insulator. An ext... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173252 | Ionizer and method for gas-cluster ion-beam formation An ionizer for forming a gas-cluster ion beam is disclosed including inlet and outlet ends partially defining an ionization region traversed by a gas-cluster jet and one or more plasma electron source(s) for providing electrons to the ionizing region for ionizing at... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173240 | Electrospray devices for mass spectrometry An electrospray device for a mass spectrometry system is described. The electrospray device comprises a body portion and a tip portion extending from the body portion. The tip portion comprises a polymeric material. The electrospray device also comprises a hydrophob... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170070 | Ion implanters having an arc chamber that affects ion current density The present invention can provide ion implanter devices including an arc chamber including at least a first inner region and a second inner region, an electron emitting device disposed in the arc chamber adjacent the first inner region and adapted to emit electrons,... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166965 | Waveguide and microwave ion source equipped with the waveguide A waveguide of the present invention comprises a waveguide main body made of a material selected from a boron nitride or an aluminum oxide, and a thin film made of a titanium nitride to cover an outer peripheral surface of the waveguide main body. The waveguide of t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166835 | Mass spectrometer The present invention provides a mass spectrometry capable of high-efficiency and high-throughput ECD. An electron source and a two-dimensional combined ion trap in which a magnetic field along and generally parallel to a central axis is applied are used, thereby to... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164124 | Mass spectrometric apparatus and ion source A mass spectrometric apparatus capable of generating and detecting positive and negative ions stably at the same time. The apparatus preferably comprises: an opening through which a sample gas is introduced; an ion source to generate ions of the sample gas; and a ma... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157703 | Electron beam system Provided is an electron beam system, in which an electron beam emitted from an electron gun is irradiated to a stencil mask, and the electron beam that has passed through the stencil mask is magnified by an electron lens and then detected by a detector having a plur... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157721 | Coupled ionization apparatus and methods Apparatus for generating ions in a gaseous medium, the apparatus including two electrodes separated by a dielectric material and a means for generating radio frequency pulses. The electrodes are of dissimilar size and are attached to opposite sides of the dielectric... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151255 | Travelling field for packaging ion beams The invention relates to a device and a method for producing, from any previously configured ion beams, precisely localized small packages of ions which all fly at the same velocity. The invention consists of damping the ions in a damping-gas filled series of apertu... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150780 | Electrostatic air cleaning device An electrostatic air cleaning device includes an array of electrodes. The electrodes include corona electrodes connected to a suitable source of high voltage so as to generate a corona discharge. Laterally displaced collecting electrodes include one or more bulges t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148491 | Super alloy ionization chamber for reactive samples The present invention relates to an ionization source having a chamber for ionizing a sample. The ionization chamber has surfaces to reduce the overall interaction with reactive samples. The inner surface walls of the ionization chamber or the ionization chamber may... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145650 | Method of instrument standardization for a spectroscopic device In a spectroscopic process a sample for producing a test spectral line or spectrum of at least one component contained in the sample is stimulated and the transmitted and/or emitted electromagnetic rays are used to create the test spectral line or spectrum. In order... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145138 | Exhaust port design for API sources An atmospheric pressure ionization source is provided. The atmospheric pressure ionization source comprises a chamber housing, a spray probe that produces a spray cone along a spray axis within the chamber, and an exhaust port opposite the spray probe on the housing... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145157 | Kinematic ion implanter electrode mounting A kinematic electrode mount is provided for an ion implanter in which an electrode insert member having an electrode body portion which defines an aperture, is inserted into an electrode support frame. In one embodiment, a first kinematic alignment pin of the insert... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145403 | Static magnetic field applying structure for use in atomic oscillator The present invention relates to a static magnetic field applying structure for use in an atomic oscillator in which plural sets of magnetic field generating means are provided with spacing interposed among them, and a resonance cell is disposed in a space between t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145136 | Atmospheric pressure ionization with optimized drying gas flow An apparatus for use in atmospheric pressure ionization includes a sample receiving chamber, a sample droplet source communicating with the sample receiving chamber, an outlet conduit, and a boundary. The outlet conduit defines a sampling orifice that communicates w... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138626 | Method and device for non-contact sampling and detection A system for the stand-off detection of trace amounts of analyte materials such as explosives, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and the like includes an ion source that is operably connected to an ion collection means and to a sensor. The ion sou... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138642 | Ion source with controlled superposition of electrostatic and gas flow fields Ion source devices with controlled superposition of electrostatic and gas flow fields to effect rapid collisional cooling with improved ion collection and collimation, analytical apparatus comprising such ion source devices, and methods for use are presented. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138625 | User customizable plate handling for MALDI mass spectrometry Methods for specifying the layout of a MALDI sample plate are provided. In general, the methods involve creating a file containing sample plate layout parameters that describe the layout of a MALDI sample plate, and storing the file on a computer readable medium pri... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138768 | Indirectly heated cathode ion source An indirectly heated cathode ion source includes an arc chamber housing that defines an arc chamber, an indirectly heated cathode and a filament for heating the cathode. The cathode may include an emitting portion having a front surface, a rear surface and a periphe... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135689 | Apparatus and method for ion production enhancement The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for use with a mass spectrometer. The ion enhancement system of the present invention is used to direct a heated gas toward ions produced by a matrix based ion source and detected by a detector. The ion enhanc... | 11/14/2006 |
