SBIR/STTR Research Award
640x512 Dualband Longwave/Longwave Infrared SLS FPA For Interceptor Seekers
Award amount
$1,000,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- QMAGIQ LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2012-09-18
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- X11XL8K6MNL8
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- MDA10-012
Research abstract
In Phase I we developed a novel infrared photodiode based on Type-II InAs/GaSb strained layer superlattices (SLS) that showed pingpong dualband action, wherein the spectral response of the diode was switched between extended midwave (~ 8 micron cutoff) and longwave (~ 10 micron cutoff) infrared by the polarity of the voltage bias applied across it. In Phase II we will improve quantum efficiency in each band, minimize spectral crosstalk, fabricate 640x512 focal plane arrays with high uniformity and pixel operability, and integrate and deliver a compact portable camera with a pluggable sensor cartridge. The plug-and-play camera will enable DOD to field-test this new dualband sensor technology for missile defense applications.
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.
- INFRARED SLS FPAS ON DIGITAL-PIXEL ROICS FOR GREATLY IMPROVED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE PERFORMANCE
- COMPACT MULTI-SPECTRAL INFRARED CAMERA WITH 4-MEGAPIXEL FOCAL PLANE ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED SPECTRAL FILTERS
- TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF LWIR SLS FPAs
- COMPACT MULTI-SPECTRAL INFRARED CAMERA WITH 4-MEGAPIXEL FOCAL PLANE ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED SPECTRAL FILTERS
- DEPOSITION OF MULTIPLE INFRARED SPECTRAL FILTERS DIRECTLY ON FOCAL PLANE ARRAY
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Dual Band Long-Wave Infrared p-type InAs/(In)GaSb Superlattice Focal Plane Arrays
- Dual-Band Focal Plane Arrays with Double Unipolar Barrier InAs/GaSb Superlattices
- LWIR FPAS based on Type-II Superlattice Minority Electron Unipolar Architecture
- Dual-Band Focal Plane Arrays with Double Unipolar Barrier InAs/GaSb Superlattices
- Development of Type-II Superlattices for Two-Color Focal Plane Arrays
Research funding history
65 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $25,543,705. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration