Scan pipelining for sensitivity improvement of orthogonal time-of-flight mass spectrometers

摘要: Methods and apparatus for analyzing ions by pipelining data acquisitions with an orthogonal time-of-flight (OTOF) mass spectrometer. A predetermined push sequence is established launching packets of from a source region into flight tube towards detection within the OTOF spectrometer such that which are launched in adjacent do not overlap prior to reaching region. These discrete intermingle accordance along propagation path toward portions simultaneously in-flight The times arrival detected at produce scans signals corresponding provide spectrum derived pipelined acquisitions.