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A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR PACKAGING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS (LCDS) USINGPLASTIC SUBSTRATES. THE PLASTIC LCD TECHNOLOGY WILL MEET THE DOD'S NEED OF DISPLAYS RANGING FROM HAND HELD TO BLACKBOARD SIZE. THE KEY TECHNOLOGY IS SELECTION OF PLASTIC SUBSTRATES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION METHOD FOR A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE THIN FILM ON THE ...

SUMX CORPORATION HAS DEVELOPED A NEW PHOTOELECTROCHROMIC IMAGING SYSTEM EMPLOYING A THIN FILM OF PRUSSIAN BLUE ON SINGLE CRYSTAL AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODES.THE FABRICATION OF THE ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIAL INVOLVES THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION OF A THIN IMMOBILIZED SURFACE FILM. THESE PRUSSIAN BLUE COATINGS EXHIBIT EXCELLENT REVERSIBILITY, CYCLE STABILITY, COLOR CONTRAST BETWEEN T ...

Acute infectious diseases pose significant problems which include the potential failure of antimicrobial therapy and the serious sequelae that may result. These treatment failures may occur due to a lack of diagnostic information during early onset of the disease, resulting in the use of the incorrect antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance, and the inadequacy of current therapy for ameliorating s ...

SAR systems covering large swath widths suffer from range ambiguities when using high duty cycle radar signals having standard SAR waveforms. Range ambiguities can be eliminated by transmitting nonstandard orthogonal waveforms. Analysis and simulations will be carried out to determine the performance of different orthogonal waveforms in terms of minimizing SAR image sidelobe levels and limiting ...

The world around us is three dimensional (3D), yet most existing cameras and display systems handle only two dimensional (2D) flat images that lack the depth information. This fundamental restriction greatly limits the capability of human being in perceiving and understanding the complexity of real world objects. The primary objectives of this proposed Phase I SBIR work are two- folds: (1) to st ...

During previous work, Intelligent Automation Incorporated (IAI) has demonstrated the feasibility of a design aid for the design and implementation of built-in on-line self-test and diagnosis of electronic systems. With this technology, Navy systems could include integral components which perform built in on-line test and diagnosis, and which display (on the board itself) either a good indication, ...

This proposal details an approach to quantifying the interrelationship between parts of non-linear complex systems. The approach builds on years of work at Intelligent Automation, Inc. in the use of what we call fine-grained autonomous agents to control and simulate complex non-linear systems. It also builds on extensive work we have done in analyzing deterministic chaos in non-linear systems. ...

GaAs-based VCSEL's with thermally oxidized AlxGa(1-x)As current apertures have recently been demonstrated that possess record performance benchmarks in terms of low current thresholds and high power conversion efficiency. Work done at ASU and elsewhere has begun to demonstrate the enormous potential of AlxGa(1-x)As-oxide layers in a variety of additional device-related applications. We have demo ...

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to constitute a serious threat to the security of the United States. Early detection and warning of the use of the WMD on the battlefield is a top priority of the Department of Defense. Likewise, the identification and characterization of WMD facilities and capabilities worldwide comprise critical elements of United States endeavor ...

The rapid growth in military command and control systems in this decade has resulted in the need for increased multimedia communication services for the battlefield. Furthermore, tactical communications of the future must be conducted in a network that collectively supports highly mobile combat elements and consists of unreliable radios and RF links. The Phase I project will provide the network ...