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RECENT ADVANCES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING (HTSC) THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY ENABLE THE FABRICATION OF LOW-LOSS COMPONENTS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE COST AND PERFORMANCE OF CHANNELIZED RECEIVERS. CHANNELIZED RECEIVERS ARE USED IN SATELLITE TRANSPONDER, ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND ELECTRONICS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND ARE COMPRISED OF A GROUP OF NARROW BAND RECEIVERS THAT COVER INDIVIDUAL SLOTS IN A ...

SIGNIFICANT SIMPLIFICATION OF MICROWAVE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH HTSC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY. ELIMINATION OF THE LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNAS) CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH REPLACEMENT OF THE GAAS PHASE SHIFTERS WITH LOW LOSS HTSC COMPONENTS. A REDUCTION IN COMPLEXITY LOWERS BOTH SYSTEM WEIGHT ANDCOST. KEY TO HTSC TECHNOLOGY INSERTION IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS IS THE DE ...

FERROELECTRICS (FE) HAVE A LARGE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL AS PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS, DIELECTRICS FOR CAPACITORS, AND IN OPTICAL GUIDED-WAVE DEVICES. MATERIALS PROCESSING HAS LIMITED APPLICATIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS, HOWEVER, AND FEW METHODS ARE CAPABLE OF DEPOSITING HIGH QUALITY THIN FILMS COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD SI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROCESS TECHNOLOGY. METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPO ...

THE OFFERORS PROPOSE TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE THE USSR TECHNOLOGY FOR MULTIPASS AMPLIFIERS WITH USA TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH AVERAGE ENERGY LOADING AND STRONG COOLING, TO PRODUCE ADVANCED EFFICIENT SLAB LASER DESIGNS FOR 1 KILOWATT OUTPUT DOWER OPERATION IN BOTH HIGH REP RATE Q-SWITCHED AND CW MODES. SLAB LASER DESIGNS HAVE INTRINSIC ADVANTAGE OVER ROD LASER DESIGNS AND CAN BE SCALED FOR HIGH POWER OUT ...

LIVING ORGANISM THRIVE BY HAVING EVOLVED (1) MECHANISMS OF HIGH EFFICIENCY FOR THE INTERCONVERSION OF ENERGY AND (2) MATERIALS CAPABLE OF EXTRAORDINARY DURABILITY, E.G. THE ELASTIC FIBER OF THE AORTIC ARCH BEING CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING BILLIONS OF STRETCH/RELAXATION CYCLES. THESE PROPERTIES OF HIGH EFFICIENCY AND POTENTIAL DURABILITY ARE COMBINED IN SYNTHETIC ELASTIC PROTEIN-BASED POLYMERS. THIS PRO ...

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COLDING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION WITH SUBCONTRACT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A COMPLETE ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM FOR BOTH SINGLE MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINING CELLS. THE SYSTEM WILL INCREASE THE PART DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY BY AT LEAST10:1 AND IMPROVE SURFACE FINISH BY 2:1, YET INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY BY 50%, AND BE ABLE TO OPTIMIZE AND BALANCE THE CELL PRODUCT FLOW TO ACHIEV ...

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