Ion mobility spectrometer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10276359-B2
Application number	US-201715832193-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2017
Priority date	Dec 26, 2016
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an ion mobility spectrometer, which comprises: a power supply circuit, configured to provide a power supply voltage; a corona discharge configured to generate ions to be subjected to measurement, through corona discharge; an ion migration circuit configured to control migration of the ions; a migration zone structure configured to realize, under control of the ion migration circuit, mobility spectrum measurement of the ions which pass through the migration zone structure; a redundant charge extraction electrode arranged between the corona discharge structure and the migration zone structure, so that the ions which are generated by the corona discharge structure can pass therethrough to reach the migration zone structure; and a redundant charge extraction circuit, wherein the redundant charge extraction electrode is connected to the ground through the redundant charge extraction circuit.

First claim

We claim:

1. An ion mobility spectrometer, comprising:
a power supply circuit, configured to provide a power supply voltage;
a corona discharge structure having an input terminal connected to the power supply circuit and configured to generate, through corona discharge, ions to be subjected to measurement;
an ion migration circuit coupled to the power supply circuit and configured to control migration of the ions;
a migration zone structure connected to the ion migration circuit and configured to realize, under control of the ion migration circuit, mobility spectrum measurement of the ions that pass through the migration zone structure;
a redundant charge extraction electrode arranged between the corona discharge structure and the migration zone structure, without directly connecting to the migration zone structure, so that the ions which are generated by the corona discharge structure can pass therethrough to reach the migration zone structure; and
a redundant charge extraction circuit connected to the power supply circuit, the input terminal of the corona discharge structure and the migration zone structure, the redundant charge extraction circuit being directly connected to the redundant charge extraction electrode,
wherein the redundant charge extraction electrode is connected to ground via the redundant charge extraction circuit, so that charges of ions failed to pass through the redundant charge extraction electrode can be extracted to the ground via the redundant charge extraction circuit without reaching the ion migration circuit.

2. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 1 , wherein the redundant charge extraction circuit comprises a first voltage divider, a second voltage divider and a direct current blocking capacitor, wherein
the first voltage divider has one terminal connected to the power supply circuit and the input terminal of the corona discharge structure, and the other terminal connected to a first node,
the second voltage divider has one terminal connected to the first node and the other terminal connected to the migration zone structure,
the direct current blocking capacitor has one terminal connected to the first node and the other terminal connected to the ground, and
the redundant charge extraction circuit is connected to the redundant charge extraction electrode at the first node.

3. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 2 , wherein the first voltage divider and the second voltage divider are resistors.

4. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 1 , wherein the corona discharge structure comprises a corona pin and a discharge tube, wherein
the corona pin has one terminal serving as the input terminal of the corona discharge structure and the other terminal configured to generate the ions through discharging, and
the discharge tube is arranged around the corona pin to laterally surround the other terminal of the corona pin.

5. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 4 , wherein the redundant charge extraction circuit is further connected to the discharge tube of the corona discharge structure at a second node, and comprises a first voltage divider, a second voltage divider, a third voltage divider, a first direct current blocking capacitor and a second direct current blocking capacitor, wherein
the first voltage divider has one terminal connected to the power supply circuit and the input terminal of the corona discharge structure, and the other terminal connected to the second node,
the second voltage divider has one terminal connected to a first node, and the other terminal connected to the migration zone structure,
the third voltage divider is connected between the first node and the second node;
the first direct current blocking capacitor has one terminal connected to the first node, and the other terminal connected to the ground,
the second direct current blocking capacitor has one terminal connected to the second node, and the other terminal connected to the ground, and
the redundant charge extraction circuit is connected to the redundant charge extraction electrode at the first node.

6. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 5 , wherein the first voltage divider and the second voltage divider are resistors.

7. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 5 , wherein the third voltage divider is a resistor or a Zener diode.

8. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 1 , wherein the migration zone structure comprises a storage ring, an ion gate, multiple mobility field electrode plates, a suppression grid and a Faraday plate, which are arranged sequentially from an input terminal to an output terminal,
wherein one terminal of the storage ring, one terminal of a first mobility field electrode plate and one terminal of a last mobility field electrode plate are connected to the ion migration circuit at different nodes, respectively,
the other terminals of the multiple mobility field electrode plates are connected to first terminals of multiple serially connected resistors in one-to-one correspondence, wherein a number of the multiple resistors is the same as that of the multiple mobility field electrode plates, and
a last one of the multiple resistors is connected to the redundant charge extraction circuit.

9. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 8 , wherein the ion migration circuit generates different potentials at the nodes where one terminal of the storage ring, one terminal of the first mobility field electrode plate, and one terminal of the last mobility field electrode plate are connected thereto, respectively.

10. The ion mobility spectrometer according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply circuit comprises a power supply, a first resistor and a third direct current blocking capacitor, wherein
the power supply has one terminal connected to the ion migration circuit, and the other terminal connected to one terminal of the first resistor,
the first resistor has one terminal connected to the power supply, and the other terminal connected to one terminal of the third direct current blocking capacitor and the input terminal of the corona discharge circuit, and
the third direct current blocking capacitor has one terminal connected to the first resistor, and the other terminal connected to the ground.

Assignees

• Nuctech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Qingjun
• Li Yuanjing
• Chen Zhiqiang
• Wang Yanchun
• Zhao Ziran
• Li Xianghua
• Ma Qiufeng
• Li Ge
• Cao Biao
• Mao Qi
• Zou Xiang

Classifications

• H01J49/168 Primary

  field ionisation, e.g. corona discharge (atmospheric pressure corona discharge per se H01T19/00) · CPC title

• H01J49/0013

  Miniaturised spectrometers, e.g. having smaller than usual scale, integrated conventional components · CPC title

• G01N27/622 Primary

  Ion mobility spectrometry · CPC title

• H01J49/022

  Circuit arrangements, e.g. for generating deviation currents or voltages (regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. current, magnetic field G05F); Components associated with high voltage supply (high voltage supply per se H02M) · CPC title

• H01J49/04 Primary

  Arrangements for introducing or extracting samples to be analysed, e.g. vacuum locks; Arrangements for external adjustment of electron- or ion-optical components · CPC title