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Power Supply for Meso-Sensors

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q04C-R069
Agency Tracking Number: 03SB2-0564
Amount: $98,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2003
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
3921 Academy Parkway North, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
DUNS: 055145320
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Charles Ph.D
 Principal Investigator
 (505) 342-4427
 clakeman@tplinc.com
Business Contact
 Harold Stoller
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (505) 342-4412
Email: hstoller@tplinc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Wireless sensors and active r.f. ID tags have a critical need for small power supplies. TPL proposes to develop a meso-scale power system that exploits volumetric microbatteries and micro-supercapacitors to maximize energy and power densities. Thesethree-dimensional microdevices are a unique feature of our approach, and deliver superior performance compared with conventional thin film batteries. The proposed effort will evaluate a limited lifetime device that uses a high energy density zinc-airprimary microbattery combined with micro-supercapacitors; and a rechargeable system consisting of micro-supercapacitors and a solar cell. In both cases, the primary energy storage and power delivery device is the micro-supercapacitor. These rechargeabledevices with high energy density, high specific power, low equivalent series resistance, ESR, and low cost are uniquely capable of meeting the power needs of meso-scale sensors. Our volumetric micro-devices have capacitance densities an order of magnitudehigher than macro-scale COTS devices. By exploiting the properties of carbon nanotubes a further 50% increase in capacitance, a decrease in the ESR by a factor of 1000, and a four-fold increase in power density will realize the necessary power deliverycapabilities. This approach will deliver a unique minimum footprint, minimum volume solution for integration with meso-scale sensors.

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