用于高场非对称波形离子迁移谱的高压射频方波电源研究

Study of a High-voltage RF Square-wave Power Supply for High-field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry

  • 摘要: 高压射频脉冲电源是高场非对称波形离子迁移谱(FAIMS)的核心部件。为充分发挥FAIMS利用交替的高低电场下离子不同运动特性的分离机制,本文基于半桥拓扑电路,采用新一代的高压超级结-金属-氧化物半导体场效应晶体管(SJ MOS)作为电源核心器件,设计了一款高压射频方波电源。实验测试结果表明,该电源输出波形接近理想方波,峰-峰值达506 V,频率达1 MHz,功耗仅29 W。将该电源与实验室自建的FAIMS核心系统结合,通过对样品气体丙酮、水杨酸甲酯进行检测,研究FAIMS谱图特点与分离电压幅值、电源频率、载气流量的关系。结果表明,提升分离电压幅值能明显改善FAIMS分辨率,但会损失较大的灵敏度;通过增大电源频率能够在轻微损失分辨率的情况下有效提升FAIMS灵敏度;此外,增加载气流量也能改善灵敏度。本文设计的FAIMS分离电源具有高压高频输出、波形质量好、功耗低的特点,能稳定支持FAIMS进行离子筛选与分辨,对FAIMS小型化发展有实用价值。

     

    Abstract: High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) is a chemical analytical technique that utilizes the difference in ion mobility of ions at alternating high-low electric field strengths for ion separation. FAIMS has the advantages of working at atmospheric pressure, easy on-site detection and high portability. High voltage RF pulse power supply is the core component of FAIMS, which will directly affect the sensitivity and resolving power. In order to give full play to the dispersion mechanism of FAIMS, a high-voltage RF square-wave power supply was designed based on a half-bridge topology circuit using a new generation of high-voltage super junction metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (SJ MOS) as the core device of the power supply. The measurements showed that the output waveform of the power supply is close to an ideal square wave, with a peak-to-peak value of 506 V, a frequency of 1 MHz, and a power consumption of only 29 W. The power supply was combined with the house-made FAIMS core system to detect the gas samples such as acetone and methyl salicylate. Based on this system, the relationship between the resolving power and sensitivity of FAIMS and the amplitude of the separation voltage, the frequency of the power supply and the flow rate of the carrier gas were studied. The results showed that increasing the dispersion power supply amplitude significantly improves the FAIMS resolving power with a large loss of sensitivity, increasing the power supply frequency effectively improves the sensitivity with a slight loss of FAIMS resolving power. When the frequency is raised to 1 MHz, the peak height of methyl salicylate increases to 228% of that at 400 kHz, while the resolving power decreases to only 89% of that at 400 kHz. In addition, increasing the carrier gas flow rate also improves the sensitivity, but with a corresponding loss of resolving power. This study demonstrated the reciprocal trade-off between the resolving power and sensitivity of FAIMS. Therefore, when selecting FAIMS parameters, these two key performance indicators must be considered comprehensively, which also provides a reference for the optimization of FAIMS. The FAIMS dispersion power supply designed in this work is characterized by high voltage and high frequency output, good waveform quality and low power consumption, which can stably support FAIMS for ion selection and dispersion, and is of practical value for the development of FAIMS miniaturization and field detection.

     

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