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Low Power Electronics and Energy Harvesting for Anti-tamper Applications

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
87114 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A082-034-0267 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Radiance Technologies, Inc.
350 Wynn Drive Huntsville, AL 35805-1961
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Low Power Electronics and Energy Harvesting for Anti-tamper Applications
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W31P4Q-09-C-0036
Award Amount: $69,977.00
 

Abstract:

The proposed research will couple an energy harvester device with an energy storage device, to provide onboard power for anti-tamper sensors that operate unattended over extended periods of time. The proposed concept consists of arrays of micro-cantilever beams that are fabricated from piezoelectric material. The power produced from a grinding or scanning acoustic microscopy attack, or from environmental vibrational energy, can either power an AT sensor or trigger or be stored for later use. Our team proposes to design these arrays so they can be placed in an environment where they will sense vibration-based interrogation, or scavenge environmental vibrational energy that would otherwise go unused. Associated micro-circuitry will store and use this energy. This concept will provide micro to milliwatts of electrical power to operate AT sensors. There are many sources of acoustic and vibrational energy that can be harvested in order to provide power for chemical/biological sensors to give early warning of a terrorist attack, or they cn be placed in the high acoustic and vibration-rich environment of a propulsion system engine bay to monitor health-monitoring systems. The micro-beams are robust and long-lived, they require no user intervention, and they will provide an easy retrofit capability for legacy systems.

Principal Investigator:

Joe Frederick
Principal Investigator
9373200966
jfrederick@radiancetech.com

Business Contact:

Victor D. Balch
Director of Contracts
2564898966
vbalch@radiancetech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
350 Wynn Drive Huntsville, AL 35805

EIN/Tax ID: 631204084
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No