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Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI) proposes to conduct research and development leading to the Advanced Distributed and Parallel Technologies for System-of-Systems Modeling & Simulation (ADAPTATION) toolkit and supporting discipline. The proposed toolkit will enable simulation event team members and stakeholders to better manage data and metadata and will improve verification and validation pro ...

There is a demand for a novel method by which memory addresses may be reconfigured. To achieve this goal, QuickFlex proposes the development of Q-Remap. The Q-Remap technology will provide a two-step scheme to reorganize memory addresses, both with an initial translation and with the ability to make further changes at runtime. Q-Remap functions without disrupting modern optimizations such as ca ...

QuickFlex is creating a standardized development suite for decision engines which can be inserted into any number of systems to provide an "off-the-shelf' component for monitoring inputs from various sensors. The inputs, their meaning, and their relationships are unique to each system, but the decision engine, and the tools used to setup that engine, will be provided as a common platform. The gene ...

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 ...

The objective of the proposed effort is to identify and develop expedient, efficient and cost-effective defect screening methods and manufacturing process controls to reduce or eliminate reliability-impairing defects in base metal electrode(BME) multilayered ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). To accomplish this efficiently, Texas Research Institute Austin has assembled an alliance of ceramicists, metall ...

In this Phase II SBIR project, The Athena Group, Inc., will develop an innovative technology to improve the security of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This technology will be realized as a customizable intellectual property (IP) block that can be readily included in FPGA designs, will consume minimal hardware resources, and will have a negligible impact on the performance of the device. ...

FTT proposes the detail design and test of a prototype rocket-based turbogenerator for high energy laser and other directed energy weapon applications. During phase I, FTT showed significant performance advantages for the rocket-based turbogenerator over energy storage devices and traditional gas-turbine based systems. The proposed phase II scope includes detail design, analysis, and ground test ...

The QuickFlex Q-Stealth FPGA Critical-IP Protection System provides an efficient and effective means to improve security for FPGA-based intellectual property (IP). Q-Stealth deprives would-be attackers of the essential ingredients needed to carry out a successful attack. Furthermore, Q-Stealth minimizes the effectiveness of other forms of analysis attacks. Thus, the Q-Stealth provides unique IP ...

methyst Research Inc. will design, fabricate and test a high uniformity, large area, low noise infrared trap-detector detector for the 1- 4.5 μm wavelength range. This state of the art detector will have a large area (e.g., 1-1.8 cm diameter active area) with a spatial variability of internal quantum efficiency of less than 0.1 % between 1 μm and 4.5 μm. In addition, the internal quantum effici ...