Spectrometer chip assembly
View Patent ↗Method and apparatus for high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry in an electronic chip assembly, including an input section, an ion filter and detection section and a control section, in which ion filtering proceeds in a planar chamber under influence of high field asymmetric periodic signals, with detection integrated into the flow path, for producing accurate, real-time, data for identification of a broad range of chemical compounds.
1. An ion mobility based analyzer comprising:
a chip assembly formed having at least a pair of substrates,
said substrates defining a multiple layer package,
a first substrate forming a socket receiver assembly, and
a second substrate mounting into said socket receiver assembly.
2. Ion mobility based analyzer of claim 1 , wherein said chip assembly include leads for electrical connection to a receiving socket, further comprising bonding pads on the second substrate mated with bonding pads on the first substrate for connection to said leads.
3. Ion mobility based analyzer of claim 2 , wherein said substrates cooperate to form a hermetically sealed flow channel, said flow channel having an inlet for introduction of a sample flow to a flow path.
4. Ion mobility based analyzer of claim 3 , wherein said substrates include at least one detector electrode.
5. Ion mobility based analyzer of claim 3 , wherein said substrates include at least one filter electrode.
6. A ion-mobility based chip assembly comprising:
a plurality of substrates defining a multiple layer package, the plurality of substrates including at least a first substrate and a second substrate, and
an electrical conductor for separating the first substrate from the second substrate, the electrical conductor being in electrical communication with a first ion mobility-based filter electrode.
7. The chip assembly of claim 6 , wherein the electrical conductor is in physical communication with the first substrate and the second substrate.
8. The chip assembly of claim 7 , wherein the electrical conductor is in electrical communication with a time-varying voltage source.
9. The chip assembly of claim 8 , wherein the electrical conductor is in electrical communication with a DC voltage source.
10. The chip assembly of claim 9 , wherein the electrical communication is via at least one lead extending from the chip assembly.
11. The chip assembly of claim 10 , wherein the time varying voltage includes an asymmetric voltage.
12. The chip assembly of claim 10 , wherein a power supply unit includes at least one of the time varying and DC voltage source.
13. The chip assembly of claim 6 , comprising a second filter electrode, wherein the first and second filter electrode are arranged to form an ion mobility based filter channel.
14. The chip assembly of claim 13 , comprising a detector for detecting ions that pass through the ion mobility filter channel.
15. An integrated DMS filter device comprising:
a plurality of substrates defining a multiple layer package, the plurality of substrates including at least a first substrate and a second substrate, and
an electrical conductor for separating the first substrate from the second substrate, the electrical conductor being in electrical communication with a first DMS filter electrode.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the electrical conductor is in physical communication with the first substrate and the second substrate.
17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the electrical conductor is in electrical communication with a time-varying voltage source.
18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the electrical conductor is in electrical communication with a DC voltage source.
19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the electrical communication is via at least one lead extending from the multiple layer package.
20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the time varying voltage includes an asymmetric voltage.
21. The device of claim 19 , wherein a power supply unit includes at least one of the time varying and DC voltage source.
22. The device of claim 15 , comprising a second filter electrode, wherein the first and second filter electrode are arranged to form a DMS filter, channel.
23. The device of claim 22 , wherein the DMS filter interfaces with a detector for detecting ions that pass through the DMS filter channel.