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Low Power Mass Spectrometer employing TOF, Phase I
Completed
Description
A low power Mass Spectrometer employing multiple time of flight circuits for parallel processing is possible with a new innovation in design of the Time of flight circuit. The novel scheme uses gate delays to measure time of flight and calibrates the gate delays using a precise clock. Sensor weight is about 1Kg and power consumption is 1.5W.
Details
| Technology area | Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems > Network-Provided Position, Navigation, and Timing > Timekeeping and Time Distribution |
| Program | Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR) |
| Lead organization | Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
| Start date | 2006-01-24 |
| End date | 2006-07-24 |
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