Patent ID: 8513595

Claim:
A mass spectrometry system comprising: an ion source; an ion storage device, arranged to store ions; a plurality of mass analysis devices, each of the mass analysis devices having different operating parameters; and a system controller, arranged for each mass analysis device from the plurality of mass analysis devices, to control the ion storage device to store ions from the ion source in a respective storage time period and to eject ions from the ion storage device to the respective mass analysis device in a respective ejection time period, and to control each of the plurality of mass analysis devices to analyze the respective ejected ions during a respective analysis time period; wherein the number of mass analysis devices comprising the plurality of mass analysis devices is substantially equal to or greater than the ratio of the analysis time period to a representative storage time period, the representative storage time period being based on at least one of the respective storage time periods for each of the plurality of mass analysis devices.