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This Small Business Innovation Research project will investigate the feasibility of a programmable image processor with on-chip light sensing capability The architecture of the processor is based on cellular neural networks, which can be employed to perform many types of temporal and spatial image processing tasks through programming of the cloning templates.The proposed chip contains three disti ...

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Efforts to apply active noise and vibration control commercially, while intensifying, continue to be hampered by the cost of the computers required to implement the active algorithms. Currently, the cost of wide-band control is prohibitive for lightly damped systems such as precision structures or highly reverberant acoustic spaces, even if the system has just one canceling actuator and one error ...

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A progressive system development is proposed which uses Bayesian methodology for combined detect, track, localize, and classify. The core paradigm focuses on detection followed by various estimation schemes to extract information on contact type, track, and location from the detector. A rapid prototype development using the Generic Multipurpose Processor (GMP) will provide optimal detection ...

This proposal is directed at creating discontinuous unidirectional composite from continuous unidirectional prepreg. The process, Selectively-Discontinuous-Fiber (SDF), introduces micro-cuts in preimpregnated unidirectional materials at specified locations. This process will allow unidirectional composite prepreg to be used for the fabrication of complex-compound components that have be ...

The need for simple and practical instrumentation for rapid identification and detection of biological agents has been recognized as an important research area in sensor development. Specific antibody/antigen binding, in conjunction with evanescent wave excited fluorescence sensing, has been applied to the detection of toxins and chemical and biological warfare materials. However, there remains a ...

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Astralux is developing heterobipolar transistors (HBT) using a SiC base. This device operates above 500 C with a current gain in excess of 100. Most of the effort went into design, technology, and characterization of these devices. To make the HBT into a commercial product, the technology of contacts and packaging must be developed. This proposal considers a joint project with NAWCAD and a pac ...