US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on Dec. 2 for "Digital linear ion trap and method for operating the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,978, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Digital linear ion trap and method for operating the same" was invented by Kei Kodera (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to simplify a power circuit, a linear ion trap (2) according to the present invention includes: two first rod electrodes (21, 22) facing each other across a central axis (C), each of the first rod electrodes having an opening (21a, 22a); two second rod electrodes (23, 24) facing each other across the central axis, in a direction different from the direction in which the two first rod electrodes face each other; and a pair of en...