SBIR/STTR Research Award
Improving Ion Source Antenna Lifetime for the Spallation Neutron Source
Award amount
$999,880Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- TECH-X CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2017-04-10
- Contract end date
- 2019-04-09
- UEI
- VJ7GKNR3MEM3
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0001645
- Topic code
- 04b
Research abstract
Improving ion source reliability and performance is a top priority at the Spallation Neutron Source. Innovative, high-performance modeling of plasma bombardment in radio frequency (RF) devices will enable researchers to optimize ion source antenna design, improving performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness for neutron scattering experiments.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
299 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $109,779,617. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Education, Department of Commerce