Published March 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of a micro chamber quadrupole mass spectrometer

  • 1. Jiangsu Information Display Engineering Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096 (China)

Description

The design of a micro chamber quadrupole mass spectrometer (MCQMS) having a small total volume of only 20 cm3, including Faraday cup ion detector and ion source, is described. This MCQMS can resist a vacuum baking temperature of 400-500 deg. C. The quadrupole elements with a hyperbolic surface are made of a ceramic material and coated with a thin metal layer. The quadrupole mass filter has a field radius of 3 mm and a length of 100 mm. Prototypes of this new MCQMS can detect a minimum partial pressure of 10-8 Pa, have a peak width of ΔM=1 at 10% peak height from mass number 1 to 60, and show an excellent long-term stability. The new MCQMS is intended to be used in residual gas analyses of electron devices during a mutual pumping and baking process

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Journal Title
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. A, Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 239-243
ISSN
0734-2101
CODEN
JVTAD6

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(c) 2008 American Vacuum Society