Active Radar System Thermal Management

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Missile Defense Agency	Award ID: 74690	Program Year/Program: 2005 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 044-1427	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Materials & Electrochemical Research Corporation
7960 S. Kolb Road Tucson, AZ 85756-9237
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 2005

Title: Active Radar System Thermal Management

Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA

Contract: N00178-05-C-3053

Award Amount: $100,000.00

Abstract:
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project, will investigate manufacturing of shims and cold plates from ultra high thermal conductivity composites for thermal management of wide band gap active component in T/R modules for S-band and X-band radar. This materials based design approach will utilize ultra high conductivity Diamond/Aluminum and Diamond/Copper materials made by MER. To produce a commercial product, the focus will be on improving machinability and surface finish of these composite materials parts to allow direct insertion into T/R module designs to replace existing materials of Copper-Tungsten and Copper/Molybdenum/Copper. The tremendous commercial potential of this product is for broad use as a thermal management material in power electronics for SiC, GaAs and Si based devices.

Principal Investigator:
Sion Pickard
Senior Researcher
5205741980
pickards@mercorp.com

Business Contact:
James C. Withers
Chief Executive Officer
5205741980
jcwithers@mercorp.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

MATERIALS & ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH (MER) CORP.
7960 S. Kolb Rd. Tucson, AZ 85706

EIN/Tax ID: 860530946

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No