SEPNA - Space Electronics used to Produce Nano technology on earth

Space Technology: Electric space propulsion system.
In the 1960s, the radio-frequency ion thruster was invented in Giessen (Germany). As part of this electric space propulsion system a new concept for a radio-frequency (RF) generator has been developed.

Non-Space Application: Sources for materials processing to produce nanotechnologies.
Such RF generators are used to power high-frequency ion sources for materials processing to produce nanotechnologies; e.g., to coat eyeglass lenses, manufacture mirrors for lasers, to polish silicon wafers or to alter material properties by atom implantation.

Benefits: The new generators are smaller, more energy efficient, have faster control times and can be used in vacuum.