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Open AccessThe Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A Suite of Environmental Sensors for the Mars 2020 Mission
NASA’s Mars 2020 (M2020) rover mission includes a suite of sensors to monitor current environmental conditions near the surface of Mars and to constrain bulk aerosol properties from changes in atmospheric radi...
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Optical absorption of radio frequency sputtered GaAs(Ti) films
Composition and optical absorption of thin films of GaAs(Ti) and GaAs, deposited by sputtering on glass substrates under different process conditions, have been investigated. The thin films obtained are typica...
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REMS: The Environmental Sensor Suite for the Mars Science Laboratory Rover
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) will investigate environmental factors directly tied to current habitability at the Martian surface during the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Three maj...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Low Cost Lead-frame Air Flow Anemometer
A novel lead-frame air flow sensor is presented. It is a compact low cost solution which allows easy PCB mounting and adaptation to standard size small air pipes. Based on the hot-wire principle, it has been o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
New Current Drive Method to Extend the Stable Operation Range of Electrostatic Actuators: Experimental Verification
This paper presents a new current driving method for electrostatic actuators. The method is conceptually introduced and experimentally tested showing that the stable range of movement can be extended for posit...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Pilot Instalation for Small Power Photovoltaic Systems
Power conditioning in small photovoltaic systems is des cribed in the paper. A pilot installation has been built including a low cost dc-dc switching converter, a dc-ac static inverter, a sun tracking system f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Solar Cell Open Circuit Voltage Decay. Emitter, Base Lifetime and Gap Narrowing Measurements.
A methodology for evaluation of band gap narrowing (BGN) in the heavily doped emitter region of solar cells, using independent measurements of the emitter and base lifetimes and relaxation time is presented. T...