Cryogenic analysis systems and methods
AssigneeMontana Instruments Corporation
InventorsJosh Doherty, Benjamin Hardesty
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Abstract
Cryogenic device analysis systems are provided that can include: a cold source within a first vacuum chamber; a cryogenic device mount within a second vacuum chamber, wherein the first and second vacuum chambers are separated by a vacuum barrier; a first thermal conduit extending from the cold source through the vacuum barrier to the sample mount; a first thermal switch along the first thermal conduit and operatively aligned between the cold source and the vacuum barrier. Methods for performing analysis of a cryogenic device are also provided.
Claims21
A cryogenic device analysis system comprising:
- a cold source within a first vacuum chamber;
- a cryogenic device mount within a second vacuum chamber, wherein the first and second vacuum chambers are separated by a vacuum barrier;
- a first thermal conduit extending from the cold source through the vacuum barrier to the sample mount;
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- a first thermal switch along the first thermal conduit and operatively aligned between the cold source and the vacuum barrier.
A method for performing analysis using a cryogenic device, the method comprising:
- providing a cold source within a first vacuum chamber;
- thermally connecting the cold source to a cryogenic device mount within a second vacuum chamber through a vacuum barrier between the first and second vacuum chambers;
- within the second vacuum chamber reducing a temperature of the cryogenic device with the cold source;
- performing analysis using the cryogenic device while the cryogenic device is both operational and at cryogenic temperature;
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- disengaging the cold source from the cryogenic device mount and replacing the cryogenic device with another cryogenic device to perform analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.