Patent ID: 11908674
Assignee: TOFWERK AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for generating a layout of electrodes for an ion guide for transporting ions along an ion path, said ion guide comprising electrodes arranged in said layout of electrodes along said ion path for transporting said ions along said ion path,
wherein for generating said layout of electrodes, a layout path corresponding to said ion path is assumed and said layout of electrodes is generated along said layout path,
wherein said layout of electrodes and said layout path are in reference to a global reference system,
wherein said layout of electrodes includes at least two layout subunits which are arranged in succession along said layout path, wherein each one of said at least two layout subunits is of one of at least one layout subunit type,
a) wherein said method includes defining said at least one layout subunit type, wherein each one of said at least one layout subunit type includes type information, said type information being adopted by each layout subunit of the respective one of said at least one layout subunit type,
wherein said type information includes a subunit electrode layout of at least one subunit electrode, said subunit electrode layout being in reference to a subunit reference system, wherein in said subunit electrode layout, each one of said at least one subunit electrode has a local position in said subunit reference system and is assigned to a class of electrodes, wherein the respective class of electrodes is associated with a type of voltage pattern to be applied to the electrodes belonging to the respective said class of electrodes,
wherein said type information includes a layout subunit position identifier for identifying a position of said subunit electrode layout in said global reference system,

b) wherein said method includes building up at least one segment of said layout of electrodes by assigning to each one of said at least two layout subunits one of said at least one layout subunit type and positioning each one of said at least two layout subunits at a respective position along said layout path.