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The efforts of Phase I demonstrated that a linear regulator can be modified as a class A or AB high voltage (HV) amplifier which can efficiently drive a MEMS or stacked PMN actuator. Furthermore, such an HV amplifier can be designed with low quiescent dissipation so that two ASIC drivers will be prototyped under Phase II support. Each ASIC contains 1024 HV amplifiers, featuring low static dissipat ...

KalScott proposes to complete the development of a chip-based ADS-B for high-density, low-altitude UAV operations in the national airspace. This effort will consist of designing and fabricating a multi-band transceiver chip that can provide ADS-B functionality. In addition, the chip will also have the ability to port vehicle data into other formats for dissemination over multiple bands to enable i ...

High-spatial (lt;10-m/pixel) resolution orbital instruments are only capable of detecting surficial ice and subsurface ice estimates for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) are ambiguous and remain controversial. Orbiting neutron spectrometer instruments are capable of measuring hydrogen within the top 10s of cms of regolith but are limited to spatial resolution in the 100rsquo;s of km^2. Reducing the ...

The team of Design, Analysis and Research Corporation (DARcorporation) and University of Michigan (UM)nbsp; propose an open source Distributed Electric Propulsion MDAO (DEP-MDAO) Tool, in which a new framework for aircraft aeropropulsive design optimization that integrates aircraft sizing, propulsion system sizing and distribution, wing design and propeller design will be developed.nbsp;The core i ...

SUMMARY Antibody-mediated therapies are an attractive alternative to current smoking cessation strategies because antibodies target the drug itself to prevent its crossing the blood brain barrier while exhibiting far fewer side effects. To date, nicotine vaccines have met with limited success in clinical trials due to their low immunogenicity. Like most subunit vaccines, they have historically suf ...

Project Summary The goal of this Phase I SBIR is to develop a new platform that increases the stability and activity lifetime of oxidase enzymes used in amperometric biosensor fabrication. This platform is based upon Design-Zyme’s new, patent-pending approach for in vitro glycosylation of proteins and enzymes. This Phase I proposal consists of two specific aims designed to (1) demonstrate that D ...

Project Abstract The goal of this Phase I SBIR is to develop a new platform that enables dehydrogenases to be used as enzymes in amperometric biosensors. Regardless of the platform or measurement modality, all biosensor designs require the use of an enzyme to properly function. Biosensors are devices that measure compounds important for human health. FDA approval has already been achieved for ampe ...

Phase II will utilize knowledge gained from phase I work to develop and execute a manufacturing process suitable for producing quantities of 3-D printed discrete circuits for radiation detection systems.  The goal is to support mobile radiation detection system requirements for high voltage, analog amplification, and MCA functionality to produce differential pulse height spectra in time sequence. ...

Fairmount Technologies (FT) proposes to produce Source Approval Request (SAR) packages for, two DLA Nuclear Enterprise Support Office (NESO) identified aircraft bracket components. The two identified National Stock Numbers (NSN) are as follows: 2840-00-779-2651 (Bracket, Assembly) and 5340-00-026-0482 (Bracket, Angle). Both parts are identified as critical components. FT will provide SAR packages ...

Narrowband radio frequency emitters, despite their widespread industrial use and need for greater range, have not reached their limit in power output and SWAP-C2 considerations. Standing on a foundation of strong preliminary simulations (see Section IV) the investigators will show that a silicon-based drift step-recovery diode (Si-DSRD) system operated with non-linear reactive components can and w ...