Mobility based apparatus and methods using dispersion characteristics, sample fragmentation, and/or pressure control to improve analysis of a sample

Abstract

The invention relates generally to devices and methods for displaying ion mobility based analysis information using a processor that processes data from an ion mobility based analyzer and a display that displays the processed data in a three-dimensional representation.

1 . A device for displaying ion mobility based analysis information comprising: 
 a processor for processing data from an ion mobility based analyzer, and    a display for displaying the processed data in a three-dimensional representation.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing includes receiving the data.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the data includes detection data.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the detection data includes ion intensity information.  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the data is associated with a plurality of processing conditions of the ion mobility based analyzer.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the processing conditions include at least one of Vrf, Vcomp, field strength, duty cycle of Vrf, frequency of Vrf, time, flow channel pressure, flow channel temperature, and an amount of dopant.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein processing includes comparing a set of data from the ion mobility based analyzer with a library of data to identify one or more ion species.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing includes generating a three-dimensional spectral signature based on the data.  
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the processing includes comparing the three-dimensional spectral signature based on the data with a library of three-dimensional spectral signatures to identify on or more ion species.  
   
   
       10 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the spectral signature includes a set of information associated with at least two processing conditions and associated detection data of the ion mobility analyzer.  
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein a change in value of at least one of the first, second and a third dimension of the three-dimensional representation is displayed as a change in at least one of gray scale, black and white patterning, color, and color saturation.  
   
   
       12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the thee-dimensional representation includes a first dimension as a length, the second dimension as a width, and a third dimension as a height.  
   
   
       13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional representation is a dispersion plot.  
   
   
       14 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional representation comprises an x-axis for field voltage, a y-axis for Vcomp, and varying aspects of a color-related feature for ion intensity.  
   
   
       15 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional representation includes an x-axis corresponding to field voltage, a y-axis corresponding to field compensation voltage, and a z-axis corresponding to ion intensity.  
   
   
       16 . A method for displaying ion mobility based analysis information comprising: 
 processing data from an ion mobility based analyzer, and    displaying the processed data in a three-dimensional representation.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the processing includes receiving the data.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the data includes detection data.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the detection data includes ion intensity information.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the data is associated with a plurality of processing conditions of the ion mobility based analyzer.  
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the processing conditions include at least one of Vrf, Vcomp, field strength, duty cycle of Vrf, frequency of Vrf, time, flow channel pressure, flow channel temperature, and an amount of dopant.  
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein processing includes comparing a set of data from the ion mobility based analyzer with a library of data to identify one or more ion species.  
   
   
       23 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the processing includes generating a three-dimensional spectral signature based on the data.  
   
   
       24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the processing includes comparing the three-dimensional spectral signature based on the data with a library of three-dimensional spectral signatures to identify on or more ion species.  
   
   
       25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the spectral signature includes a set of information associated with at least two processing conditions and associated detection data of the ion mobility analyzer.  
   
   
       26 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein a change in value of at least one of the first, second and a third dimension of the three-dimensional representation is displayed as a change in at least one of gray scale, black and white patterning, color, and color saturation.  
   
   
       27 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the three-dimensional representation includes a first dimension as a length, a second dimension as a width, and a third dimension as a height.  
   
   
       28 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the three-dimensional representation is a dispersion plot.  
   
   
       29 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the three-dimensional representation comprises an x-axis for field voltage, a y-axis for Vcomp, and varying aspects of a color-related feature for ion intensity.  
   
   
       30 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the three-dimensional representation includes an x-axis corresponding to field voltage, a y-axis corresponding to field compensation voltage, and a z-axis corresponding to ion intensity.