Documentation References

Mentors:

Professor Thomas (Tom) Kenny (Stanford University ME Design Division)
kenny@sunrise.stanford.edu
(415) 725 - 3805
[Advisor for THD thesis work and designer of the TIS - primary reference source for information regarding the THD payload]

John Ellis
jellis@netcom.com

References:

Wertz, J.R. Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control. D. Reidel Publishing Company. Boston, MA. 1978.

Kenny, T.W., Reynolds, J.K., Podosek, J.A., Vote, E.C., Miller, L.M., Rockstad, H.K., and Kaiser, W.J. "Micromachined Infrared Sensors Using Tunneling Displacement Transducers." submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments. 1995.

Kenny, T.W., Kaiser, W.J., Rockstad, H.K., Reynolds, J.K., Podosek, J.A. and Vote, E.C. "Wide Bandwidth Electromechanical Actuators for Tunneling Displacement Transducers." JMEMS. 1994

Piscane, V.L. and Moore, R.C. Fundamentals of Space Systems. Oxford University Press. New York, NY. 1994.

Fortescue, P.W. and Stark, J.P.W. Spacecraft Systems Engineering. John Wiley and Sons. New York, NY. 1991.

Larson, W.J. and Wertz, J.R. Space Mission Analysis and Design (Second Edition). Microcosm, Inc. and Kluwer Academic Publishers. Torrance, CA. 1992.

Horowitz, P. and Hill, W. The Art of Electronics (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press. New York, NY. 1989.

Suppliers:

Supplier of Tunneling Infrared Sensors - Professor Tom Kenny and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (via Tom Kenny)

Digikey Corporation (all sorts of electronic components)
701 Brooks Ave. South
P.O. Box 677
Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
1-800-344-4539

Jameco (all sorts of electronic components)
1355 Shoreway Rd.
Belmont, CA 94002-4100
1-415-592-8097

Supplier for Black Anti-reflection Paint for THD cover pieces that define its FOV - Sheldon Smith (Smith, S.M. "Cyro-Mechanical Tests of AMES 24E2 IR-Black Coating." The International Society for Optical Engineering Proceeding. San Diego, CA. 12-13 July 1990.)

2.3.2 Acquisition Reports


item: Tunneling Infrared Sensors
supplier: Professor Tom Kenny and JPL (via Tom Kenny)
kenny@sunrise.stanford.edu
Date acquired: 1/5/95
Price: no cost to SAPPHIRE program
Use: infrared sensitive device in the THD paylaod

item: Printed Circuit Board Design and Fabrication
supplier: Mike Seliskar
Logical Services Inc.
(408) 739 - 2600 (W)
(408) 739 - 2600 (H)
Date acquired: 4/1/95
Price: $650 (for design and fabrication of PCB)
Use: packaging for THD circutry

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