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Over 95% of the multilayer ceramic capacitors manufactured worldwide use base metal electrode (BME) technology and they are one of the key components in much of the modern electronics. BME capacitors have, over the last 20 years, made significant improvements in performance and reliability; making them more competitive for a wide range of applications. However, there remains significant concerns ...

The process by which weapon systems go from point of manufacture to field usage is not a simple one. Devices can be held in storage for decades before use, and they can be subjected to significant and potentially damaging environmental conditions throughout the systems lifecycle. Latent and intermittent failures occur, and it is difficult to detect these malfunctions without actively monitoring ...

Legacy database systems often exhibit the feature of being stove piped and difficult to integrate over time. This is because they were often developed for ad hoc purposes for specific groups, thus their data models and inherent structure is not always well understood except by a select few people who designed and built the database. This means data retrieval using these legacy systems is a chall ...

Long range missile sensors with capability of distinguish missiles from other flying tracks such as aircrafts and SAMs are crucial devices in missile defense systems. The capability of highly accurate angular detection of the missile along with three-component velocity determination is also important. Existing missile warning products cannot meet advanced missile defense requirements with these de ...

Presently one of the outstanding challenges for rapid commercialization of SiC based device technology for high power/high frequency electronics is the affordable, volume production of damage-free, epi-ready 100 mm SiC wafers that exhibit single atomic steps (terraces). Sinmat Inc. in partnership with wafer manufacturers and the University of Florida propose to further develop a novel gentle mech ...

Thermal management of radar systems requires the removal of large amounts of waste heat, and in order to maximize the rate of waste heat removal it is critical that the thermal resistance of the heat path be minimized. RTI has successfully developed a nanocomposite material that has a significantly increased thermal conductivity over that of copper and a coefficient of thermal expansion that can ...

We plan to develop a passive liquid/vapor phase separation technology that is based on a freely rotating drum. The drum can separate the liquid and vapor phases with less than 1% carryover for both. It is driven by the inertia of the incoming two-phase fluid and no power is needed. The rotation provides a centrifugal acceleration that is much larger than 10g. Thus the drum will function well i ...