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Ferroelectric Capacitors for Pulse Power Electronics

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
19621 		Program Year/Program:
1997 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
19621 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Advanced Technologies/Laboratories Intl
Advanced Technologies/Lab Intl 20010 Century Blvd, Ste 500 Germantown, MD 20874 0111
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Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: Yes
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1997
Title: Ferroelectric Capacitors for Pulse Power Electronics
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $753,020.00
 

Abstract:

HIGH-DENSITY ENERGY STORAGE AND FAST DISCHARGE WILL BE CRITICAL IN A VARIETY OF HIGH POWER AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. CAPACITORS ARE IDEAL FOR THESE PURPOSES, AS WELL AS FOR POWER CONDITIONING AND FILTERING. UNFORTUNATELY, BULK POWDER-BASED DIELECTRICS USED IN CAPACITORS HAVE SEVERE LIMITATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH NUMBER OF SHORT-INDUCING DEFECTS CAUSED BY POOR CONTROL OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN CERAMIC FABRICATION PROCESSES. WE PROPOSE TO LEAPFROG CURRENT CAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE CONTROLLED GROWTH OF HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND HIGH DIELECTRIC STRENGTH THIN FILMS ON MECHANICALLY STRONG SUBSTRATES. HIGH RATE MOCVD IS PROPOSED AS A GROWTH METHOD, SIMILAR TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY USED IN INDUSTRY TO MAKE CM THICK ZnSe IR WINDOWS. IN PHASE I, METHODOLOGY WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DEPOSIT THICK Ba(x)Sr(1-x)TiO(3) FILMS ON CONDUCTING OXIDE ELECTRIDES FOR USE IN HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITORS. IN PARTICULAR THICK FILMS OF Ba(0.5)Sr(0.5)TiO(3), WHICH HAS DEMONSTRATED DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS GREATER THAN 800 WITH BREAKDOWN VOLTAGES OF 1.5-2 MV/cm (45-60 kV/MIL), WILL BE GROWN. IN PHASE II, THE MOCVD DEPOSITION PROCESS WILL BE SCALED UP TO COMMERCIAL VOLUMES, MULTILAYERS AND ELECTRODING EXAMINED, AND PARTNERSHIPS ESTABLISHED TO VALIDATE THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THE MARKETPLACE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPE HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITORS.

Principal Investigator:

Gregory Stauf, Phd
2037941100

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Advanced Technology Materials
7 Commerce Drive Danbury, CT 06810

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