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1. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 MEMS in Space Jan H. Hales
jhh@mic.dtu.dk
MIC – Department of Micro and Nanotechnology
Technical University of Denmark, DTU
Space Technology Education Conference 2005
Session 7: “ACDS and Orbit Control 2” Explain why mems is very interesting as space technology even though is must be consider an immature technology.
A more detailed describtion of project carried out at MICExplain why mems is very interesting as space technology even though is must be consider an immature technology.
A more detailed describtion of project carried out at MIC
2. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Micro Electro Mechanical System MEMS Integration of devices on micrometer scale based on IC batch processing
MEMS is a abbrivation of micro-electro-mechanical-systemMEMS is a abbrivation of micro-electro-mechanical-system
3. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Space Relevance Enhanced device performance by down-scaling
Low mass and power consumption
Robustness and redundancy
Batch production – reducing device cost
4. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Space Applications Sensors/detectors
Sun sensor
Magnetometer
Particle/radiation detector
Actuators
Thrusters/micro valves
Reaction wheels
Magnetotorquers
Micro valves
Communication devices
Optical
RF
Other
Thermal control
Lab-on-a-Chip
5. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Projects at MIC Sun Sensor
Electron Emitter
Ion Thruster
Nano Environment Monitoring Unit
(NEMU)
Three main projet and one upcomming.
Initiated by DTUsat Three main projet and one upcomming.
Initiated by DTUsat
6. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Sun Sensor
7. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Sun Sensor on SSETI
8. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Electron Emitter
9. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Electric Propulsion Electro thermal
Electromagnetic
Electrostatic
Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP)
10. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Ion Thruster - FEEP
11. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Ion Thruster - FEEP
12. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 Outlook Obtain a larger student involvement
Better packaged sun sensor
Fabrication of final batch of e-emitters
Optimised version of Ion thruster
Initiation of the NEMU project
13. STEC2005 – Jan H. Hales – 8th of April 2005 MEMS in Space Thank you for your attention
Any questions?