SBIR/STTR Research Award

Gallium Nitride (GaN) based 28 VDC to 120 VAC Inverter

Award identifier 72c344979c8949109bd47cfbfcbe5d8a35ae1aa972b6df6f42fe92ede8a842b2Awarding agency Department of Defense · Army

Award amount

$99,990

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2016

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Army
Recipient company
QORTEK INC
Proposal award date
2016-08-16
Contract end date
2017-02-12
UEI
TLD8L3APDZM3
Solicitation number
2016.1
Topic code
A16-088

Research abstract

We are proposing a new 28 VDC to 120 VAC pure-sine inverter that can meet a wide range of Army military electronics needs.Specifically, QorTek will teamed with leading edge WBG power device manufacturer and leading edge packaging and thermal managements solutions developer as to develop and prototype a new advanced performance 2500W inverter comprised of smaller 625W submodules that can be paralleled as to deliver the target output power levels.The benefits of developing a smaller module include the ability to implement smaller planar magnetics, smaller form factor (slightly larger than a standard 1/8th brick converter), and introduce significant reductions in thermal management requirements.Additionally, the overall modular design architecture now directly enables 625W supply access, paralleling several submodules can similarly providing intermediate 1250 W, 1875 W, or 2500 W power supplies.The introduction of WBG power devices in the new modular architecture brings benefits of reduced size/weight and thermal risk reduction.The new design exploits these WBG devices as to obtain very high efficiencies in a compact size solution.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

136 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $62,777,779. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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