MINIATURE MASS SPECTROMETER FOR EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH BY DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF A…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNX09CD56P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Jan 22, 2009 – Jul 22, 2009
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- MO
Public award description
MINIATURE MASS SPECTROMETER FOR EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH BY DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF A MASS SPECTROMETER TO THE SIZE OF A BEVERAGE CAN, CERAMITRON COULD SET A NEW PERFORMANCE/PRICE STANDARD IN THE MINIATURIZED MS MARKET. TO DO THIS, WE PROPOSE ELIMINATING THE TURBOMOLECULAR AND ROUGHING PUMPS IN FAVOR TWO CHEMICAL SORPTION PUMPS (A NON-EVAPORABLE GETTER (NEG) AND AN ION PUMP), BOTH INTEGRATED INTO THE SPECTROMETER'S SELF-CONTAINED VACUUM ENCLOSURE. CERAMITRON'S PATENTED DOUBLE-FOCUSING 90O MAGNETIC-SECTOR UNIT COMPRISES THREE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, SANDWICHED TOGETHER TO FORM A VACUUM-TIGHT ENCLOSURE CONTAINING A DUAL-FILAMENT EI SOURCE, ION SLITS, A PHOTO- LITHOGRAPHICALLY-DEPOSITED ENERGY ANALYZER, LENSES AND I/O PINS, CONTINUOUS-DYNODE ELECTRON MULTIPLIER AND THE SORPTION PUMPS.
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