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The Design, Fabrication, And Pressure Testing Of A Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Electric Propulsion Thruster, Derek J. Reis
The Design, Fabrication, And Pressure Testing Of A Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Electric Propulsion Thruster, Derek J. Reis
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
Electric thrusters have been used for many years for orbital station-keeping and propulsion. As technology advances, smaller satellites are possible that require less thrust. The resulting miniature electric thrusters need low-weight and compact designs. This thesis specifies the design, fabrication, and testing of a thruster and its fluid delivery system designed for use with a micro-satellite weighing less than fifty kilograms.
The advent of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) has sparked a new market with incredibly small scale designs. Using this technology with Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) materials has spawned the new distinction of Ceramic Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (C-MEMS). The thruster body is …
Micro Grids Fabricated For Miniature Ion Thruster, Deborah French, Jesse Taff
Micro Grids Fabricated For Miniature Ion Thruster, Deborah French, Jesse Taff
College of Engineering Poster Presentations
Part of the research at Boise State is a miniaturized plasma propulsion thruster. The purpose of the thruster is to provide the necessary location realignments for small satellites in space. The grid creates an electrostatic field, which extracts plasma ions from an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) source. The ions are propelled toward a collector plate being a second identical grid, which in turn creates the desired thrust. The size and density of the openings in the grid are essential to optimizing the thrust produced. The grid geometry contributes to the ion departure angle (focusing) and the ion transparency. The Stainless …