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For this Phase II SBIR, Princeton Lightwave Inc. (PLI) is proposing to demonstrate disruptive single photon counting performance characteristics of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GmAPD) cameras by making dramatic improvements to existing commercial short wave infrared GmAPD focal plane arrays. These cameras provide high-performance three-dimensional imaging capability for intelligence, surveil ...

During Phase II, we will prototype the PCIC imager; characterize its dark count rate, quantum efficiency, gain, crosstalk, bandwidth, jitter, etc., as a function of the bias voltages and temperatures; perform environmental testing including operating temperature, vibration and thermal testing; compare between design specifications, model, simulation, and analysis and measured PCIC performance; del ...

SciTec has developed a system for post engagement evaluation and reporting (SPEER) that combines a multi-phenomenology, multi-source fusion engine with a human-machine interface (HMI) to correlate messages, system tracks and multi-source data, further exploits this data and displays information to provide situational awareness to include post engagement assessments. SPEER incorporates the remote ...

ABSTRACT:To meet the demands of the A141-125 SBIR solicitation, the MaXentric team proposes the MAST (MaXentric’s Adaptive Supply Tracking), which uses envelope tracking technology to enhance efficiency of a radiation hardening Gallium Nitride (GaN) solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) for the global positioning system (GPS) block-III L1-band satellite applications. Based on Phase I efforts, it wa ...

ABSTRACT:To meet the demands of the A141-245 SBIR solicitation, the MaXentric ) team proposes the GAM (Green Amp Multiplexer), which uses compact microwave circuit design and digital distortion compensation algorithm to expand bandwidths and reduce insertion losses of a multipaction-free multiplexer system for the global positioning system (GPS) block-III satellite.As a result of Phase I efforts, ...

ABSTRACT:Linearizer Technology, Inc. (LTI) and its space hardware organization Linear Space Technology, LLC (LST) propose to produce an L-band GaN high power amplifier (HPA) exceeding GPS requirements with the highest possible power added efficiency (PAE) for use in space.Minimizing HPA cost is a primary design parameter.LST has significant experience with flight HPAs and has 100 linearizers and H ...

ABSTRACT:The proposed effort will demonstrate new technologies to fill gaps in the AF space situational awareness capabilities. A payload will be fabricated and integrated into a cubesat bus and tested to verify its suitability for a future space experiment. A test plan will be written for testing the satellite in a space experiment.BENEFIT:This program will fill capability gaps for expanding re ...

ABSTRACT:Oceanit will design, develop and test a prototype to reduce employee exposure to hazardous noise during Blast Cleaning Room (BCR) and Blast Cabinets (BC) abrasive media blasting operations to or below OSHA 8-Hour Time Weighted Average without increasing ergonomic stress on the operator.BENEFIT:Provide manned hearing safe and/or automated BC and BCR environments that meet or exceed current ...

ABSTRACT:In the Phase I, Oceanit demonstrated an innovative icephobic coating technology to minimize ice formation on aluminum heat exchangers. In the Phase II, Oceanit will continue to develop the technology for potential subscale and field testing and demonstration at the end of Phase II.BENEFIT:The successful development of novel icephobic coating technology will improve the ice repellency on v ...

ABSTRACT:A Phase II program to develop and deliver a set of Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) and MMICs with ultra-low noise figures is proposed. The noise figures of less than 0.65 dB represent a reduction of nominally 0.5 dB over available LNAs for covering the Satcom receive band of 20.2 to 21.2 GHz. The designs include common-source and noise-cancelling topologies. The proposed LNAs will provide the ...