A parallel mass spectrometer comprising an ion source generating ions, a plurality of mass analyzers, and an ion trap device coupled to receive ions exiting the ion source and to eject ions to the plurality of mass analyzers in a mass-charge dependent manner for parallel analysis of ions ejected from the ion trap device, wherein the ion trap device comprises: a hollow polyhedral containment region (54, 68) for containing ions; and a polyhedral structure (50, 66) having a plurality of polygonal surfaces encompassing the containment region (54, 60, 68), each of the surfaces of the polyhedral structure being defined by a plurality of vertices and edges, wherein the polyhedral structure (50, 66) comprises a plurality of electrodes confined to the surface area of the polyhedral structure with electrodes being positioned on each vertex of the plurality of vertices of the surfaces and additional electrodes being arranged along the edges and between the edges in a regular pattern on the surfaces of the polyhedral structure encompassing the containment region, and wherein alternating electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are configured for application of a first RF voltage, and electrodes interspersed between the alternating electrodes are configured for application of a second RF voltage such that the plurality of electrodes form a plurality of quadrupoles on each surface of the polyhedral structure (50, 66), the first and second RF voltage being of equal amplitude and opposite polarity at a point in time, neighboring electrodes of the plurality of electrodes being maintained at opposite phases, the plurality of electrodes configured to form a potential barrier for repelling the ions from each of the plurality of regular polygonal surfaces forming the regular polyhedral structure (50, 66), and wherein each of the plurality of quadrupoles is configured as a mass filter for selective ejection of the ions from the containment region (54, 60, 68) in a predetermined ion mass-to-charge window, a frequency of the first RF and the second RF voltage applied to the electrodes in each of the plurality of quadrupoles corresponding to a characteristic frequency associated with the particular ion mass-to-charge window, and wherein each of the plurality of mass analyzers is coupled to a different one of the plurality of quadrupoles for parallel analysis of the ions. a hollow polyhedral containment region (54, 68) for containing ions; and a polyhedral structure (50, 66) having a plurality of polygonal surfaces encompassing the containment region (54, 60, 68), each of the surfaces of the polyhedral structure being defined by a plurality of vertices and edges, wherein the polyhedral structure (50, 66) comprises a plurality of electrodes confined to the surface area of the polyhedral structure with electrodes being positioned on each vertex of the plurality of vertices of the surfaces and additional electrodes being arranged along the edges and between the edges in a regular pattern on the surfaces of the polyhedral structure encompassing the containment region, and wherein alternating electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are configured for application of a first RF voltage, and electrodes interspersed between the alternating electrodes are configured for application of a second RF voltage such that the plurality of electrodes form a plurality of quadrupoles on each surface of the polyhedral structure (50, 66), the first and second RF voltage being of equal amplitude and opposite polarity at a point in time, neighboring electrodes of the plurality of electrodes being maintained at opposite phases, the plurality of electrodes configured to form a potential barrier for repelling the ions from each of the plurality of regular polygonal surfaces forming the regular polyhedral structure (50, 66), and wherein each of the plurality of quadrupoles is configured as a mass filter for selective ejection of the ions from the containment region (54, 60, 68) in a predetermined ion mass-to-charge window, a frequency of the first RF and the second RF voltage applied to the electrodes in each of the plurality of quadrupoles corresponding to a characteristic frequency associated with the particular ion mass-to-charge window, and wherein each of the plurality of mass analyzers is coupled to a different one of the plurality of quadrupoles for parallel analysis of the ions.