SBIR/STTR Research Award
MW-Power, Fast Diode Exploding Foil Initiator
Award amount
$124,790Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- RADIABEAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-01-24
- Contract end date
- 2018-07-24
- UEI
- Q6NDLV47NBT5
- Solicitation number
- 2017.2
- Topic code
- N172-140
Research abstract
It is proposed to develop an exploding foil initiator (EFI) system based on a semiconductor diode operating in drift step recovery diode mode (DSRD) . Such architecture enables a discharge of milli-Joule level energy stored in the diode on a nanosecond time scale, producing kilovolts of peak voltage propagating through a short, low-impedance transmission line loaded by the exploding foil. The proposed DSRD system offer significant efficiency, speed and cost advantages over state of the art EFI architectures.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Force-Neutral Adjustable Phase Undulator
- L-Band Beam Modulator for X-Band Linear Accelerator
- Engineered Drop-in Systems for Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiments
- Lightweight High-Energy X-ray Source for In-Space Nondestructive Evaluation
- DICE: Dual-band Image Combining Equipment
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Power MEMS Switch for Use in Exploding Foil Initiator Applications
- High Power Solid State Electronic Switch for Use in Exploding Foil Initiator Applications
- High Power Solid State Electronic Switch for Use in Exploding Foil Initiator Applications
Research funding history
190 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2025). Reported award amounts total $96,783,846. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce