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US 12,516,935 B2Granted
Low power atomic sensor
AssigneeSRI International
InventorsSterling Eduardo McBride, Alan M. Braun, Seth Charles Caliga
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Abstract
An assembly includes one or more high temperature vapor cells positioned along an axis of the assembly, a vacuum envelope encasing the one or more high temperature vapor cells, and one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures coupled to the vacuum envelope. Each set of low thermal conductivity mounting structures is configured to position a corresponding one of the high temperature vapor cells within the vacuum envelope.
Claims17
An assembly, comprising:
- one or more high temperature vapor cells positioned along an axis of a vacuum envelope;
- the vacuum envelope encasing the one or more high temperature vapor cells;
- and
- one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures coupled to the vacuum envelope,
- wherein the vacuum envelope further comprises a planar support extending along the axis of the vacuum envelope and across the axis of the vacuum envelope, and
- wherein each set of the one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures is configured to position a corresponding one of the one or more high temperature vapor cells on the planar support within the vacuum envelope.
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A method comprising:
- coupling one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures to a planar support within a vacuum envelope, wherein the planar support extends along an axis of the vacuum envelope and across the axis of the vacuum envelope;
- positioning one or more high temperature vapor cells along the axis of the vacuum envelope using the one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures;
- and
- bonding one or more walls of the vacuum envelope to encase the one or more high temperature vapor cells in the vacuum envelope.
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A method comprising:
- powering a heater of a high temperature vapor cell to heat a volume of the high temperature vapor cell to a vapor temperature,
- wherein the high temperature vapor cell is positioned along an axis of a vacuum envelope using one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures coupled to a planar support within the vacuum envelope, and
- wherein the planar support extends along the axis of the vacuum envelope and across the axis of the vacuum envelope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.