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Title: Device and method to manipulate ions in multi-level system

Abstract

An apparatus includes multiple levels of ion transport channels, with successive levels coupled by elevator channels. Efficient three dimensional packing provides long path lengths in practical volumes for ion mobility separation with high resolving power. Disclosed elevator configurations provide efficient routing of ion transport channels across levels with low ion loss, enabling ion mobility separation over 100 levels or more. Elevator configurations include (i) opposed traveling waves meeting at an elevator entrance, (ii) external elevator with a wrap-around electrode bank, (iii) external elevator with electrode banks on parallel extension plates, or (iv) elevator operating in surfing mode, in various combinations. Manufacture is aided by printed wiring boards, with interchangeable boards. Assembly with motherboard, spacer block(s), and alignment pins provides efficient distribution of electrode excitations and accurate reproducible positioning.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
2293759
Patent Number(s):
11796504
Application Number:
17/399,629
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830; CA217699; GM103493-10; GM130709-01
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 08/11/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Ibrahim, Yehia M., Hollerbach, Adam L., and Li, Ailin. Device and method to manipulate ions in multi-level system. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Ibrahim, Yehia M., Hollerbach, Adam L., & Li, Ailin. Device and method to manipulate ions in multi-level system. United States.
Ibrahim, Yehia M., Hollerbach, Adam L., and Li, Ailin. Tue . "Device and method to manipulate ions in multi-level system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2293759.
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