Assemblies for ion and electron sources and methods of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9263243-B2
Application number	US-201414578455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 12, 2009
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used to align the components of a source assembly in a source housing. In some examples, a terminal lens configured to couple to the housing through respective alignment features can be used to retain the source components in a source housing to provide a source assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mass spectrometer comprising:
a housing configured to receive a source and comprising a first integral alignment feature;
a terminal lens coupled to the housing and constructed and arranged to provide a beam, the terminal lens comprising a second integral alignment feature, the terminal lens constructed and arranged to couple to the housing when the first integral alignment feature is coupled to the second integral alignment feature to align the terminal…

Assignees

• Perkinelmer Health Sci Inc

Inventors

• Ferrara Keith
• Barkus David
• Patkin Adam
• Mannino Rosario
• Pentek Daniel
• Delorenzo Frank
• Rasmussen Barton

Classifications

• H01J2237/061

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01J27/022

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01J49/068 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01J3/38

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01J49/26

  Electricity · mapped topic