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Silicon Space Technology along with its partner Texas Instruments proposes to develop, fabricate and test the world’s first radiation hardened 64Mb Quad Data Rate SRAM for space applications by applying SST’s proprietary hardened-by-isolation (HBI) techniques to TI’s 90nm C027 process. The 64Mb QDR SRAM will be designed using TI’s existing 90nm design rules and manufactured in TI’s 90nm ...

MEMtronics and its teammates propose to develop phase shifters with less than 2 dB loss and better than 2 watts of power handling at X-band microwave frequencies. This program leverages the significant investments already made by the DoD for improving reliability and packaging of RF MEMS technology. This project will combine these improvements with modifications that increase power handling and ...

Modern sensor technology is capable of detecting miniscule changes in an operating environment, and providing a vast supply of precise data regarding potential causes for alarm. Unfortunately, since many tamper-detection responses involve disabling critical program information, the system designer must establish thresholds that are either set loose enough to not provide an adequate level of secur ...

Reserve lithium oxyhalide and silver/zinc batteries are power sources of choice for many missiles and other weapons systems. These batteries achieve long shelf life by storing the liquid electrolyte separately in a reservoir. Upon activation, the electrolyte is rapidly injected into the battery cells, most often using a pyrotechnic gas generator. The design of the system and the diagnosis of pe ...

Missile Defense Agency is seeking new technologies to reduce the tendency to form tin whiskers in electronic assemblies and microelectronic devices. RoHS regulations enacted by the European Union have generated a global shift toward Pb-free electronic components and circuitry. Pb-free solders create reliability problems in military applications such as aircraft and missiles that are subject to h ...

ACOUSTO-OPTIC (AO) BRAGG CELLS OFFER THE ADVANTAGES OF RELATIVELY LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE MULTIPLE OUTPUT OPTICAL BEAMS OF VARYING INTENSITY FOR ONE BEAM ENTERING THE SYSTEM. THE MAJOR DISADVANTAGE OF THEAO DEVICE IS ITS ACOUSTIC WAVEFORM PROPAGATION DELAY, WHICH SETS A FUNDAMENTAL LIMIT ON DEVICE SPEED. ELECTRO-OPTIC (EO) DEVICES, ON THE OTHER HAND, OFFER AN ORDER OF MAGN ...

THE CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) OF DIAMOND AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MATERIALS ARE AT BEST POORLYUNDERSTOOD. DURING PHASE I, WE SHALL CONSTRUCT A LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (LPCVD) REACTOR EQUIPPED WITH AN ION BEAM SURFACE PROBE AND DEMONSTRATE ITS UTILITY IN DETERMINING SURFACE STOICHIOMETRIES UNDER ACTUAL DEPOSITION CONDITIONS IN-SITU. THE GOAL IS TO PERFECT AND ...

PRESENT METHODS UTILIZED FOR THE FABRICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ARE BASED ON MICROLITHOGRAPHY, EITHER OPTICAL, X-RAY, ELECTRON BEAM, OR ION BEAM. THESE METHODS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED IN THE PRODUCTION OF SMALLER SCALE FEATURES (E.G., NANOLITHOGRAPHY), BY THE WAVELENGTH OF THE RADIATION (OPTICAL AND X-RAY LITHOGRAPHY) AND/OR BY THE COMPLEXITY AND COST OF THE EQUIPMENT (X-RAY AND ELECTRON AND ...

AN ARRAY COMMUNICATIONS COPROCESSOR (ACC) ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT PROVIDES AUTOMATIC, ADAPTIVE, AND DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH MOST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTERS (CISC) AND REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTERS (RISC). IN THIS INVESTIGATION, THE ARRAY COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER IS BEING IMPLEMEN ...

ONE APPROACH TO COMMANDING KINETIC ENERGY PROJECTILES IS TO GUIDE THE PROJECTILE TO THE TARGET VICINITY BY A CODED LASER BEAM. A RELATIVELY NARROW FIELD-OF-VIEW STRAPPED-DOWN SEEKER THEN ACQUIRES THE TARGET ANDCLOSES IN FOR THE KILL. A LIGHTWEIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI)/NUCLEAR INSENSITIVE, ULTRA-RUGGED, NO-MOVING PARTS, NONELECTRONIC, FLUIDIC ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE ...