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YHIS EFFORT IS DIRECTED TO THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL TESTING OF A MINIATURIZED, SOLID-STATE, SHUTTERED VIDEO CAMERA FOR SPECIAL DEFENSE USE. ITS POTENTIAL USES IN BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SECTORS ARE FAR REACHING. SHUTTERED VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IS RELATIVELY NEW. MUCH OF THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE OFFERER OF THIS PROPOSAL DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS. SHUTTERED VIDEO BRINGS TOG ...

Wind noise in outdoor measuemetn micropnones can mask an acoustic signal. Windscreens provide some wind noise reduction; however, those typically used for outdoor applications provide noise reductions of approximately 10-15 dB. Planning Systems Incorporated (PSI) proposes to design and test a Multiple Aperture Sensor System (MASS) consisting of a microphone, a processor, and data acquisitio and ...

The production of semi-conductor wafers is a multibillion dollar industry. The 1996 worldwide semiconductor market is estimated at $162 billion with a growth potential to $309 billion by the year 2000. Thus, even a small improvement in control during the manufacturing process could have a large impact on the economic viability of many companies and products. A critical factor in all semiconduct ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A REPETITIVE, FAST-OPENING SWITCH FOR PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS EMPLOYING SATURABLE MAGNETIC MATERIALS. THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE IN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS (ESS) USED IN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. FOR PHASE I WE WILL DESIGN A PROOF- OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT; OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CONSIDERATIONS OF COST. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE ...

DURING PHASE I MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES TO PERFORM A STUDY OF THE UTILITY OF CAVITY RESONATORS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND MODIFY THE BANDWIDTH OF MICROWAVE EMMISSION FROM THE VIRCATOR. THE RESEARCH WILL INCLUDE BOTH A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE CAVITY DESIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL FULLY RELATIVISTIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ...

Bends in waveguides are a problem for high-voltage Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems. The difficulty arises because only a straight section of standard transmission line can support a pure TEM mode. And a pure TEM mode is necessary to preserve the risetime of the transmitted impulse. When there is a bend in the waveguide, the transmitted signal is a broader impulse than the incident signal. This ca ...

REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION ARE BECOMING MORE STRINGENT AS THE ROLE OF THE TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF HIGHTECHNOLOGY DEVICES BECOMES APPARENT. IN SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS A NEED FOR ULTRA-TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN SOLIDS BELOW THE PPBA LEVEL WITH SPATICAL RESOLUTION IN THE FEW MICRON RANGE. RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (RIS) INVOLVES THE STEPWISE EXCITAT ...

TSAR AND TSARINA ARE COMPLEX COMPUTERMODELS THAT SIMULATE AIR BASE OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS. THE INPUT DATA SETS REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THE MODELS ARE LARGE, AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO DEVELOP INPUT DATA SETS ARE SUBSTANTIAL. WE PROPOSE TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF THE INPUT DATA SETS BY DEVELOPING A GRAPHICS-ORIENTED DATA BASE SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE AN ...

The proposed product, called Pro-Tech-Tube Infectious Shipper (PTTIF), will enable health care workers in military or commercial laboratories to ship diagnostic substances that may contain infectious microorganisms (including Level 1, 2, and 3 in the DoD Biological Defense Safety Program, Technical Safety Requirements) as FDA regulated biological products. Such products are not subject to current ...

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