TACITRON SWITCH FOR THERMIONIC REACTOR POWER CONDITIONING

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Missile Defense Agency	Award ID: 15716	Program Year/Program: 1992 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 15716	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Tetra Corp
3701 Hawkins Street, NE Albuquerque, NM 87109
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1992

Title: TACITRON SWITCH FOR THERMIONIC REACTOR POWER CONDITIONING

Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $300,000.00

Abstract:
THE TACITRON IS A HIGH TEMPERATURE (300 - 1500 DEGREES C) SWITCH THAT CAN SWITCH HIGH CURRENTS (>10'S OF AMPERES PER SQUARE CM OF SWITCH ELECTRODE AREA) AND HIGH VOLTAGES (>200 VOLTS) AT SWITCHING SPEEDS IN THE 10'S TO 100'S OF KILOHERTZ. THIS SWITCH IS FULLY CONTROLLABLE SO IT CAN PERFORM THE SAME FUNCTIONS AS MANY OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (TRANSISTORS, DIODES, THYRISTORS) EXCEPT THAT THE TACITRON CAN OPERATE AT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MUCH HOTTER THAN THE 200 DEGREE C LIMITATION OF SEMICONDUCTORS. THE TACITRON CAN ALSO SURVIVE IN HIGH RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS THE CORE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR. TETRA CORPORATION IS APPLYING ITS UNIQUE MODELING AND DIAGNOSTICS TECHNIQUES TOWARD INCREASING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TACITRON FOR A WIDER RANGE OF APPLICABILITY. IMPORTANT USES INCLUDE: NUCLEAR REACTORS, HIGH TEMPERATURE BATTERIES, JET ENGINES, AND INDUCTRIAL FURNACES.

Principal Investigator:
Chris M Young
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Tetra Corp.
3701 Hawkins Street Ne Albuquerque, NM 87109

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No