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A novel design approach is proposed that will allow operating a longwave infrared imaging spectrometer sensor with uncooled opto- mechanical components. This proposal is for the technology demonstration and design validation investigation. The concept is based on earlier work at NASA in remote sensing and in IR imaging spectroscopy, and the proposed investigation will capitalize on a JPL investmen ...

TACAN Corporation proposes an innovative technology that will have a significant impact on promoting very large bandwidth wireless communications. This technology is based on the developemnt of wavelength stable semiconductor diode lasers. With this technology, an array of wavelength stable lasers can be used to communicate on multiple wavelength simultaneously. The proposed approach can have a ve ...

A major problem in reusability is the creation of components that can be reused in applications other than the application for which they were originally designed. Software reusability has long held out the unrealized promise of increased productivity. It is accepted that within product development, reusing of software components will greatly reduce time and thus save money. It is our belief that ...

The objective of this project is to develop a Genetic Evolution Target (GET) modeling methodology for rapid target model development and validation from limited initial sensory and technical data. Developed methodology will allow for an expansion of the initial signature database and extensive testing of ATR systems over a variety of realistic signatures and situations not seen so far. The metho ...

A compact (less than one-tenth cubic inch) covert camera with digital data capture is proposed to satisfy military, DEA, and FBI surveillance requirements. The product, which will be developed during Phase II, integrates an imaging active pixel sensor with ultra low power analog and digital signal processing electronics and Flash memory into a small assembly which can be powered for up to one yea ...

Irvine Sensors Corporation proposed to develop a technique to assemble a memory equal to 20 Gbits in an area of less than 0.5 cubic inch. This memory would provide storage for up to 2.5 seconds of video for a 1000 x 1000 pixel camera sampling at 1000 Hz. This is to be accomplished by a three pronged advance in today's technology. First, state of the art 64 Mbit DRAM will be utilized in the stac ...

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We propose to build the optical heads of a terabyte optical disk using holographic storage in photopolymer. Two heads are proposed ---- a slow one for recording and a fast one for readout. Designs of the heads are simple. The heads are mounted on rails and are driven by linear actuators. The fast head has no moving parts on it and is very light-weighted. The technique used to store data is very to ...

Irvine Sensors proposes to use its 3D silicon chip stacking technology to provide the increase in packaging density required to support second-generation massively parallel computers. Using the third dimension to stack processor devices, promises to reduce substrate cost in direct relation to the number of processors stacked meeting the ten fold or more improvement in substrate costs by reducing t ...