Effects of mechanical tolerances on QMF performance for operation in the third stability zone

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1933-1940

  Hogan, Thomas J ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathieu stability regions; Multipoles; Quadrupole mass filter (QMF); Tolerance; Zone 3

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND ERROR; ELECTRODE DISPLACEMENTS; ELECTRODE RADII; EXCITATION VOLTAGE; MECHANICAL TOLERANCES; MULTIPOLES; PEAK SHAPES; POSITIONAL ERRORS; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS; SINGLE-AXIS; STABILITY REGIONS; STABILITY ZONES; TOLERANCE ZONES;

ERRORS; STABILITY;

FITS AND TOLERANCES;

EID: 77953274004     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2028221     Document Type: Article

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