A Remote Operation Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Using a Custom Radio-Frequency Link Approach

Author: Tashbar Philip W.   Nisen Daniel B.   Moore W. Walding  

Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy

ISSN: 0003-7028

Source: Applied Spectroscopy, Vol.28, Iss.2, 1974-03, pp. : 171-175

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Abstract

A commercial quadrupole mass spectrometer (residual gas analyzer, RGA) system has been modified to operate at large separations of its electronics console and sensing head. The methods implemented have made practical applications, as well as operation, of such a system possible for the first time. This advance was stimulated by a need for placing sensors at remote (45 or 60 m) chamber locations for space simulation testing of orbital flight spacecraft. Emphasis is placed on instrument functional requirements and describing the hardware changes and adjustment techniques necessary to assure operation at the extended cable lengths.

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