1st Edition

MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications

    400 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field. MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications provides all the necessary tools to overcome these obstacles and take MEMS from the lab bench to beyond the exosphere.

    The book begins with an overview of MEMS development and provides several demonstrations of past and current examples of MEMS in space. From this platform, the discussion builds to fabrication technologies; the effect of space environmental factors on MEMS devices; and micro technologies for space systems, instrumentation, communications, thermal control, guidance navigation and control, and propulsion. Subsequent chapters explore factors common to all of the described systems, such as MEMS packaging, handling and contamination control, material selection for specific applications, reliability practices for design and application, and assurance practices.

    Edited and contributed by an outstanding team of leading experts from industry, academia, and national laboratories, MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications illuminates the path toward qualifying and integrating MEMS devices and instruments into future space missions and developing innovative satellite systems.

    OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND MICROSTRUCTURES IN AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; Robert Osiander and M. Ann Garrison Darrin

    VISION FOR MICROTECHNOLOGY SPACE MISSIONS; Cornelius J. Dennehy

    MEMS FABRICATION; James J. Allen

    IMPACT OF SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON MICROTECHNOLOGIES; M. Ann Garrison Darrin

    SPACE RADIATION EFFECTS AND MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; Stephen P. Buchner

    MICROTECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE SYSTEMS; Thomas George and Robert Powers

    MICROTECHNOLOGIES FOR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTATION APPLICATIONS; Brian Jamieson and Robert Osiander

    MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATIONS; Bradley Gilbert Boone and Samara Firebaugh

    MICROSYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT THERMAL CONTROL; Theodore D. Swanson and Philip T. Chen

    MICROSYSTEMS IN SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL; Cornelius J. Dennehy and Robert Osiander

    MICROPROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES; Jochen Schein

    MEMS PACKAGING FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS; R. David Gerke and Danielle M. Wesolek

    HANDLING AND CONTAMINATION CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRITICAL SPACE APPLICATIONS; Philip T. Chen and R. David Gerke

    MATERIAL SELECTION FOR APPLICATIONS OF MEMS; Keith J. Rebello

    RELIABILITY PRACTICES FOR DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF SPACE-BASED MEMS; Robert Osiander and M. Ann Garrison Darrin

    ASSURANCE PRACTICES FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND MICROSTRUCTURES IN AEROSPACE; M. Ann Garrison Darrin and Dawnielle Farrar

    INDEX

    Biography

    Osiander, Robert; Darrin, M. Ann Garrison; Champion, John L.

    "This is the first book I've seen that presents such a rounded and complete overview of the field."
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