Patent ID: 8084733
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable information storage medium having a plurality of instructions adapted to direct an information processing device to perform an operation for decreasing a total settling time of a mass spectrometer system having at least two stages, the operation comprising: (a) receiving a list of at least three pairs of values of parameters X and Y, wherein parameter X is associated with a setting of a first stage and parameter Y is associated with a setting of a second stage; (b) calculating a group of parameter deltas and assessing settling times, wherein a parameter delta is a difference between two sequential values of the same parameter, wherein a settling time of a stage is related to a corresponding parameter delta; (c) changing the order of the list and repeating (b): and (d) instructing a mass spectrometer system to perform an MS measurement according to an order of the list for which the total settling time is reduced compared to another order.