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Sub-Kelvin resistance thermometerA device capable of accurate temperature measurement down to 0.01 K of a particular object is discussed. The device is comprised of the following: a heat sink wafer; a first conducting pad bonded near one end of the heat sink wafer; a second conducting pad bonded near the other end of the heat sink wafer; and an oblong doped semiconductor crystal such as germanium. The oblong doped semiconductor crystal has a third conducting pad bonded on its bottom surface with the oblong doped semiconductor crystal bonded to the heat sink wafer by having the fourth conducting pad bonded to the first conducting pad. A wire is bonded between the second and third conducting pads. Current and voltage wires bonded to the first and second conducting pads measure the change in resistance of the oblong doped semiconductor crystal; this indicates the temperature of the object whose temperature is to be measured.
Document ID
19920024370
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Castles, Stephen H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 25, 1992
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-765070
Patent Number: US-PATENT-5,141,334
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-GSC-13406-1
Accession Number
92N33614
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-5,141,334|NASA-CASE-GSC-13406-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-765070
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