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Correlation ion mobility spectroscopy

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OSTI ID:943437

Correlation ion mobility spectrometry (CIMS) uses gating modulation and correlation signal processing to improve IMS instrument performance. Closely spaced ion peaks can be resolved by adding discriminating codes to the gate and matched filtering for the received ion current signal, thereby improving sensitivity and resolution of an ion mobility spectrometer. CIMS can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio even for transient chemical samples. CIMS is especially advantageous for small geometry IMS drift tubes that can otherwise have poor resolution due to their small size.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,417,222
Application Number:
11/204,268
OSTI ID:
943437
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Measuring the Resolving Power of Ion Mobility Spectrometers journal December 1994
Photoemissive ionisation source for ion mobility detectors journal December 1991
Two-dimensional patterns for optical alignment journal January 1991

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