Charging Control Satellite Materials. Part 1

Abstract

Thin film coatings of indium oxide (IO) and indium tin oxide (ITO) on thin sheets of FEP Teflon and Kapton are evaluated as thin conductive transparent coatings. Deposition parameters necessary to optimize the coating surface resistance, solar absorptivity and stability are discussed in detail. Materials are coated over 30 cm square areas by reactive magnetron sputtering to achieve reproducible uniform coatings. Uniformity, deposition rate, coating thickness, oxygen partial pressure, insitu RF and DC biasing, and chamber conditioning are examined in detail. The charge control properties of the IO and ITO coated polymers are evaluated and demonstrated in a facility which provide a multiple energy electron radiation environment with energies up to 30 KeV at current densities in excess of 2nA/sq cm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADB048384

Entities

People

  • Ronald E. Schmidt

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Dielectrics
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Irradiation
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Optical Properties
  • Polymeric Films
  • Resistance
  • Secondary Emission
  • Spacecraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster