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A MEMBRANE TYPE WAFER PROBE IS PROPOSED WHICH, AT THE END OF PHASE II, WILL ACHIEVE TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS FROM TESTER TO DIE WITH LOW ABBRATIONS FOR A 100 PS RISETIME. CAPABILITIES WILL INCLUDE LOW-IMPEDANCE GROUND AND POWER CONTACTS, WITH LSI-LEVEL NUMBERS AND DENSITIES OF SIGNAL LINES. PHASE I WORK WILL DETERMINE THE DESIGN PARAMETERS NECESSARY FOR THESE GOALS THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF CALCULATION ...

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PERSONNEL WORKING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OR WEARING BALLISTIC AND/OR NUCLEAR/BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL (NBC) PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE SUBJECT TO THE HAZARDS OF OVERHEATING. THESE HAZARDS INCLUDE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT, DECREASED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES, DEHYDRATION, AND EVENTUALLY DEATH FROM HEAT STRESS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL VULNERABLE TO THESE HAZARDS IS ALREADY QUITE LARGE AND IS STEADILY INCREA ...

THIS PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO DOD TECHNICAL SUBTOPIC A88-162: HYPERSPECTRAL/IMAGE EXPLOITATION, WHICH REQUEST THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOFTWARE FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE EXPLOITATION. THE RESULT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A INTEGRATED SYSTEM WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE ARMY TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR APPLYING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF M ...

HIGHLY RELIABLE COMPUTERS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT EXECUTION OF SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE. MODERN VLSI TECHNOLOGY, COUPLED WITH ADVANCED FAULT TOLERANCE TECHNIQUES, OFFERS THE POTENTIAL OF A COMPUTER WITH A PREDICTED RELIABILITY OF .9999 OVER A 5 YEAR OPERATING CYCLE WITHOUT REPAIR. USING VOTING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT AND MASK THE EFFECTS OF BOTH...AND TRANSIENT FAILURES, IT APPEARS PRACTICAL TO REDUCE ...

AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS CAN BE PROTECTED FROM FIRE AND EXPLOSION BY FILLING THE VAPOR SPACE ABOVE THE LIQUID FUEL WITH AN INERT GAS SUCH AS NITROGEN. A LOW-MAINTENANCE, MEMBRANE-BASED ON-BOARD INERT GAS GENERATION SYSTEMS (OBIGGS) IS A PROMISING ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENTLY USED HIGH-MAINTENANCE LIQUID NITROGEN SYSTEM. HOWEVER, RECENTLY DEVELOPED MEMBRANE-BASED OBIGGS ARE INEFFICIENT IN THEIR REMOVAL ...

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THERE IS AN IMPLICIT NEED FOR THE ABILITY TO PROBE INTERNAL NODES IN GAAS MMIC'S TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STRATEGICALLY CRITICAL COMPONENTS. SYSTEMS USING THE ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THIS APPLICATION, BUT THESE SYSTEMS ARE EX-PENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AND USE. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL LEAD TO A SYSTEM BASED ON A CW LASER AND EXISTING AND HI ...

MAKING ACCURATE AUTOMATED ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS OF MILLIMETER-WAVE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND CIRCUIT ELEMENTS IS A FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF A MILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY. MILLIMETER-WAVE WAFER PROBE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED. PRESENTLY ON-WAFER PROBING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO 26.5 GHZ. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INNOVATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO EXTEND THIS CAPABILITY OF HIGHER FREQUENCIES. TH ...