Getters are materials that chemically bind selected gas molecules after their activation. They are useful in maintaining vacuum quality in hermetic packages and have, therefore, been used with electronic devices since the advent of vacuum tubes, to prolong the useful lifetime of the device. However, once a getter has saturated, [...]

Getters are materials that chemically bind selected gas molecules after their activation. They are useful in maintaining vacuum quality in hermetic packages and have, therefore, been used with electronic devices since the advent of vacuum tubes, to prolong the useful lifetime of the device. However, once a getter has saturated, [...]