ADVANCED LOW-COST UNIVERSAL 20 GHZ MONOLITHIC RECEIVER FRONT-END

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Branch: N/A

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 1783

Amount: $499,930.00

Phase: Phase II

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1986

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Microwave Monolithics Inc.

465 E. Easy Street

Simi Valley, CA 93065

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Wendell C. Peterson
Title: Investigator
Phone: () -

Business Contact

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Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY THE DESIGN OF A MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC) IMPLEMENTATION OF A VERSATILE, LOW COST, MULTI-BAND 20 GHZ RECEIVER FRONT-END. THE TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE RECEIVER FRONT-END MMIC CHIP SET IS AN INNOVATIVE LOCAL OSCILLATOR (LO) APPROACH FOR UNIVERSAL APPLICABILITY INCLUDING THE 30/20 GHZ COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND THE 22-23 GHZ BANDS. PHASE I CONCENTRATES ON THE DETAILED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE CRITICAL LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA) AND LO CHIPS TO SHOW CONCEPT FEASIBILITY. INCLUDED IN THE PHASE I STUDY ARE ACCURATE ESTIMATES OF CHIP PERFORMANCE AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE RECEIVER FRONT END. DESIGN OF THE REMAINING NON-CRITICAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE MIXER AND IF AMPLIFIER, WILL BE COMPLETED IN PHASE II; A MASK TOOL SET WILL ALSO BE GENERATED AT THAT TIME AND USED TO FABRICATE THE CHIP SET. THE DESIGN FREQUENCY BAND IS TENTATIVELY SET AT 17.7-20.2 GHZ. THIS WILL PERMIT ADAPTATION TO NEIGHBORING FREQUENCIES WITH MINOR MASK MODIFICATIONS.

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