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Advanced Photonics Technology (APT) proposes to develop novel, wide-band, highly linear integrated-optical modulators based on low-loss waveguides in ferroelectric (e.g., lithium niobate and lithium tantalate) crystals with domain-inverted sections. The application of domain inversion to electro-optical modulators introduces a novel approach that allows the development of devices with low levels o ...

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The United States Army has identified the need for high power efficiency transmitter systems. The goals of the U.S. Army can be achieved through the use of switched mode amplifiers used as Class D or E. The objective of this proposed Phase I SBIR program is to design a pair of complementary FET's (N-Channel and P-Channel) capable of switching at frequencies sufficient to provide switch mode ampl ...

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The US Air Force has identified a need to quantify the benefits associated with applying nonlinear estimation techniques to air-launched weapon systems equipped with Inertial Measurement Units (IMU). Of particular interest is a new technique recently developed by the Air Force, referred to as the State Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) technique. The SDRE technique has the potential to achieve I ...

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BONN Corporation (BONN) has chosen to concentrate on a methodology that computes an optimal target search in near-real-time, with the capability of accommodating user-definable optimality based upon time / pathlength, probability of target detection target value, and survivability in a dense threat environment. This methodology will be extensible to address multiple airborne platforms and multipl ...

There is a need for non-invasive sensing of electrocardiograms and other vital signs to acquire information from high risk cardiac patients or other long term monitored subjects, continuously and without artifacts. The development of a new type ECG electrode sensor will assure patient compliance and allow this technology to be used long term while lowering medical costs. This proposal is to deve ...

The free-space characterization of an anechoic chamber is presently accomplished by conducting difficult and tedious RF measurements of the interference field intensity levels. Anechoic chambers are characterized after initial construction to determine the quiet zones where the creation of free-space conditions is being attempted. When systems under test (SUT) are placed in the chamber, degradatio ...