PROJECT TITLE : Micro-Miniaturized Ultra-High Vacuum Pump
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
Physics principles described herein permit ultra-high vacuum backing pumps to be implemented in submillimeter-scale packages. Yet micro-pumps do not exist today, and the smallest highest-end pumps are 3-4 orders of magnitude larger and heavier. Engineering principles described herein also support reducing costs and maintenance to disposably cheap levels.POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
The scope proposed is high risk and high payoff: It may lead to micro-miniaturized ultra-high vacuum pumps with application to launch area control, manned spacecraft systems, unmanned planetary probes, environmental monitoring, medicine, industrial process control, military threat assessment, and consumer applications. For instance, pen-cap size mass spectrometers could be integrated with comparable pump technology.NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
David B. Salzman, Ph.D.NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR
Polychip, Inc.
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 1060
Bethesda, MD 20814-4411
Polychip, Inc.
4340 East-West Highway, Suite 1060
Bethesda, MD 20814-4411