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The innovation proposed here is the use of carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission cathodes incorporated into a fully integrated array of RF sources. The goal is to design, fabricate and demonstrate an integrated array of sources for RF generation in theregion of 10 GHz. By integrating the sources together in one device, we can achieve higher levels of redundancy and durability, lower the manufactu ...

Applied Physical Electronics, L. C. (APELC) offers a portable, battery-powered RF generator well suited for UAV payloads, laboratory or field use. This proposed system would build on the current success of APELC's current Phase II efforts, in which largerimpulse generators are being developed. This proposed system will incorporate those successes to generate an impulse of microwave energy, at ver ...

The objective of Veracitas is to investigate the applicability of hybrid Belief Revision and Truth Maintenance techniques to increasing information trustworthiness in Situation Awareness databases. The specific problem for the DoD is that currentSituation Awareness and Data Fusion applications are implemented in systems having no capability for data base veracity. These databases are populated b ...

Diode rectifiers are one of the basic building blocks of any power system, ranging from common household appliances to motor controllers to power distribution systems to advanced military weapons and vehicles. Silicon technology for high voltage diodes islimited to ~9 kV. For higher voltage applications, multiple diodes must be used in series, raising the problems of uniform voltage distribution ...

Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are used in high-energy density storage and high frequency power switching device applications. High-energy density capacitors operating at excessive temperature are needed in several ballistic missile applications,electric guns, and high power microwave sources. High power capacitors are also critical elements to replace current mechanical and hydraulic actua ...

The objective of this Phase I program is to design and develop extremely versatile power source technologies for future satellites for missile defense applications that is modular, flexible, energy dense, powerful and lightweight, has a high cycle life andcost-effective. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of a structurally embedded intelligent power unit consisting of a photovoltaic charging ...

In this proposed Phase II program we will develop board-level optical waveguides to alleviate the ever-tightening electrical interconnection bottleneck. VLSI provides fast intrinsic signal speeds but these speeds cannot be supported by electricalinterconnects between other chips on the same board. Conversion to optical interconnects at the intra-board level can overcome these limits. The pract ...

Conventional wave division (de)multiplexers (WD(DM)Ms) fail to provide a universal design enabling the coverage of the large dynamic range of wavelength separations which vary from sub-nm to 30 nm. The packaging designs affiliated with such WD(D)Ms alsomake the systems vulnerable in harsh environments. In this program, Radiant Research, Inc. (RRI), in collaboration with the University of Texas a ...

Conventional wave division (de)multiplexers (WD(DM)Ms) fail to provide a universal design enabling the coverage of the large dynamic range of wavelength separations which vary from sub-nm to 30 nm. The packaging designs affiliated with such WD(D)Ms alsomake the systems vulnerable in harsh environments. In this program, Radiant Research, Inc. (RRI), in collaboration with the University of Texas a ...

Mandates to use native wildflower and grass seed began in 1987 with the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act and have been reinforced by two Executive Orders. Current demand for native seed exceeds the supply therefore the need exists to develop additional native seed sources.