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This proposal presents an innovative low power and low noise MMIC for 10GHz multifunction frequency syntheses and modulations using advanced SiGe technology. The architecture includes an ultrahigh-speed direct digital synthesizer (DDS) with a maximum clock frequency of 10~12GHz to synthesize and modulate the intermediate frequency (IF) of 1GHz and above. It uses a low-noise phase lock loop (PLL) ...

This Phase II SBIR proposal aims to develop a multidimensional protein separation platform based on polymer microfluidics technology which will be capable of mapping a wide range of post-translational modifications (PTMs) in complex protein samples. The proposed system employs three separation dimensions, namely: IEF, SDS gel electrophoresis, and MALDI-MS. The platform will combine IEF and SDS gel ...

The current generation of field simulation codes are powerful design tools that are highly accurate and can solve moderately sized problems. For multi-wavelength structures the options are limited. Examples of application areas where one would find such structures include Rotman lens design, IC package design, and electromagnetic compatibility simulation. As the demand for higher performance desi ...

As smart anti-tank weapons become more lethal, active protection and hit avoidance systems become increasingly important. These systems must detect targets with very small cross-sections, have large operational ranges, and near zero false alarms, thus making threat detection very complicated problem. The fundamental advantage of TM-UWB radar for hit avoidance application is that single pulses are ...

Balancing high throughput with short wait times for queued data requires explicit stochastic process modeling of the channel and queuing behaviors. Such control problems are too complicated for a direct solution. In this proposal, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and its subcontractor, Prof. Robert Buche of the North Carolina State University, propose a novel heavy traffic approach to optimal st ...

The ultimate objective of this project is the development an actively stabilized rifle to assist the soldier who is under both extreme physical and emotional stress, whose heart is racing, and who is not a highly skilled marksman and needs to neutralize a threat at a distance in the range of 500 yards. Our target user is not a highly trained marksman firing under ideal circumstances. It is an aver ...

Reducing or eliminating shooter induced disturbances, especially in combat situations, can have a substantial impact on the accuracy of fire, especially in combat situations. Under this effort, an INertially STAbilized Rifle (INSTAR) system prototype employing active stabilization will be developed and tested. A major focus of this effort is the development of novel low creep, highly rugged, pre ...

Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSI), in collaboration with the University of Maryland at College Park (UMD) and The Boeing Company, propose to systematically analyze, develop, and test a primary rotor system based on trailing-edge flaps actuated by Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy (MSMA) materials. In our Phase I laboratory testing and evaluation efforts, we have determined that MSMA, comprising single crystal ...

SimQuest will act as a value-added integrator of the state of the art in technology to create a user-designed prototype of a robust basic open surgical skills simulator (BOSSS) for the training of surgeons and others requiring development for credentialing, and certification in surgical procedures on the human body. SimQuest is working with the leading surgeons and surgical organizations involved ...

Technology Assessment and Transfer demonstrated the feasibility of a pressureless sintering approach for fabricating transparent, hemispherical dome blanks for the Joint Common Missile (JCM) during the Phase 1 SBIR program. Pressureless sintering is the most attractive method for achieving the low cost goals of the high volume JCM production schedule. The proposed Phase II effort is designed to d ...