Publications

A new fabrication process for planar thin-film multijunction thermal converters

Wunsch, Thomas F.; Kinard, Joseph R.; Manginell, Ronald P.; Solomon, Otis M.; Lipe, Thomas E.; Jungling, K.C.

Advanced thin-film processing and packaging technologies are employed in the fabrication of new planar thin-film multijunction thermal converters (MJTCs). The processing, packaging, and design features build on experience gained from prior NIST demonstrations of thin-film converters and are optimized for improved sensitivity, bandwidth, manufacturability, and reliability.