SBIR/STTR Research Award
Radiation-Hardened Compact W-band Transceiver
Award amount
$149,891Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- QUINSTAR TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-04
- Contract end date
- 2026-03-27
- UEI
- DZZFRQ8FLMP2
- Solicitation number
- SBIR 2025-I
- Topic code
- S11
Research abstract
QuinStar proposes a radiation-hardened, integrated-chip W-band Gallium Nitride MMIC transceiver front-end designed for high-resolution space descent and landing radars. The design is fully compatible with FMCW phase altimeter and FMCW Doppler techniques for simultaneous altitude and velocity measurement, as outlined in NASA’s Report on Planetary Terminal Descent and Landing Radar (PTDLR). When paired with a circulator, it enables a single antenna configuration for both transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) functions. Operating in the 92-94 GHz range, the MMIC will utilize an advanced GaN-on-SiC process, ensuring high tolerance for Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and high Linear Energy Transfer (LET) conditions.
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.
- Radiation Hardened Gallium Nitride Devices for RF Amplifiers
- High PAE 100W W-Band GaN SSPA for Planetary Sensing
- High Linearity V-band Low Noise Amplifier
- D-Band Solid State Power Amplifier for Airborne Radar
- F-band Solid-State Power Amplifier (106-114 GHz)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- AN ULTRA-FAST SAMPLING ADC ASIC INTERFACING WITH FPGAS
- Conductive Solid Surface Deployable Antenna for Space-based Remote Sensing
- Airborne Spectroscopic Static Temperature Sensor
- Advanced Precision Design of Origami Inspired Deployable Metaoptic LiDAR Aperture
- Noise Sources for 0.1 - 1.0 THz
Research funding history
54 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $21,917,223. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration