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HOT CAMERA DESIGN FOR A 1000 HOUR VENUSIAN SURFACE LANDER

Martin, Keith R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1544190195149496

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2019, Master of Sciences (Engineering), Case Western Reserve University, EECS - Electrical Engineering.
This thesis describes the design of a surface pinhole camera based on a GaAs photodiode that can operate at extreme temperatures for 1000 hours. This particular pinhole camera is designed to assist NASA with development of a camera rated for a mission to Venus. The design consists of a photodiode inside a tube that samples light as pixels and builds an image one pixel at a time when motors sweep the photodiode in the yaw and pitch axes. The photodiode semiconductors investigated for this camera are Si, InP, InAs, 4-H SiC, GaN, and GaAs since they are chemically inert with respect to the Venusian atmosphere; in particular a CO2/SO2 atmosphere at a pressure of 92 bar, and a surface temperature of 733K. The fabrication and development of the chosen GaAs photodiode will be discussed and compared with other semiconductor options.
Christian Zorman (Committee Chair)
Christos Papachristou (Committee Member)
Philip Feng (Committee Member)
67 p.
Engineering; Science Education
Venus hot camera; NASA; GaAs; Photodiode; Pinhole camera

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  • Martin, K. R. (2019). HOT CAMERA DESIGN FOR A 1000 HOUR VENUSIAN SURFACE LANDER [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1544190195149496

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Martin, Keith. HOT CAMERA DESIGN FOR A 1000 HOUR VENUSIAN SURFACE LANDER. 2019. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1544190195149496.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Martin, Keith. "HOT CAMERA DESIGN FOR A 1000 HOUR VENUSIAN SURFACE LANDER." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1544190195149496

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