IN THIS SBIR PROJECT, APEI, INC. IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A HIGH EFFICIENCY, RAD-HARD, 100'S KWE POWER MANAG…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNX11CE58P
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Jul 22, 2011 – Sep 29, 2011
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- AR
Public award description
IN THIS SBIR PROJECT, APEI, INC. IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A HIGH EFFICIENCY, RAD-HARD, 100'S KWE POWER MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION (PMAD) SYSTEM FOR SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS. THE PMAD WILL UTILIZE SIC JFET POWER SWITCHES; COMPONENTS WHICH APEI, INC. HAS IRRADIATED UNDER TID CONDITIONS TO GREATER THAN 3MRAD WITH LITTLE TO ZERO CHANGE IN DEVICE PERFORMANCE. THE PMAD WILL IMPLEMENT A MODULAR APPROACH IN ORDER TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND EASE EXPANSION, AS WELL AS A MULTI-LEVEL SOFT-SWITCHING POWER TOPOLOGY WHICH WILL ALLOW INCREASED TRANSMISSION VOLTAGES (UP TO 2 KV) AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY. APEI, INC. WILL LEVERAGE OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING HIGH-POWER, HIGH-DENSITY SIC-BASED POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO REALIZE AN EFFICIENT, POWER-DENSE PMAD SOLUTION FOR SPACE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.
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