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Since the company's founding in 2003, Verionix has made significant investments in developing micro- plasma source technology and its related infrastructure. These advancements have made possible its use across a number of industrial market segments. Patented microplasma source technology has many advantages, including:
Fast response. High sensitivity
Though small, microplasmas provide intense optical emissions that quickly and accurately respond to minute changes in gas composition, with minimal pressure-related inaccuracies.
Compatible with process environments at native pressures
With operating pressure ranges from milliTorr to the above atmospheric pressure, microplasmas deliver consistent performance and outstanding sensitivity to gas species and environments not approachable by conventional techniques. Microplasma designs also exist that resist corrosive and depositive gas species used in many processes , including Etch and CVD.
No electrodes, No high voltages, No hot filaments
Microplasmas don't use wire filaments that need time to warm-up and stabilize -- or sag as they age. They're also low power -- using single watts, not kilowatts. By concentrating small amounts of energy in even smaller volumes, Verionix microplasmas are true plasmas - in both theory and in practice.
No multipass optics needed
The intensity of microplasmas permit low pressure measurement of gas composition directly without multipass optics that other techniques need to even approach equivalent sensitivity. Losses of sensitivity as the result of clouded mirrors is also dramatically reduced.
Built-in stability and repeatability
Microplasma sources are constructed using integrated circuit techniques , not highly variable wire-wrap methods. Coupled with high-reliability telecommunications electronics and powerful embedded microprocessors, Verionix microplasmas deliver intrinsically consistent performance, day-in and day-out.
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