Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Dennis G Neal

James T Hall

Mark Winslow Johnson

James A Roth

Craig R Wilkinson

Steven Lai

A passive thermal control blanket and a method for its manufacture, the blanket including a plastic substrate on which is deposited a film that is a homogeneous mixture of silicon and germanium, thereby combining the excellent reflective and electrostatic discharge properties of germanium with the superior adhesion and corrosion resistance properties of silicon. The uniform mixture is preferably obtained by sputtering the two materials simultaneously onto the substrate, using either separate targets, a single mosaic target, or a single composite target.

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Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States of America

Dennis G Neal