SBIR/STTR Research Award
20 Gigahertz (GHz) Radiation Hardened Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Downlinks
Award amount
$149,752Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Auriga Measurement Systems LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-10-20
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- L4GLD7Q8SMT1
- Solicitation number
- 2011.2
- Topic code
- AF112-150
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: Auriga will produce an ultra-linear high-power, high-efficiency amplifier to be used in satellite communication systems. The innovative approaches are proposed and validated in Phase I. The enabling technology is Gallium Nitride (GaN) ,which is well-known for its power handling capability. State-of-the-art 0.15 m gate GaN HEMT technology will be used in the design. The concept will be verified by device characterization, modeling and a prototype amplifier demonstration. MMIC amplifiers will be the final goal and will be fabricated in Phase II. Also, a proof-of-concept high-linear and high-power amplifier will be demonstrated in Phase I. Auriga will also evaluate the impact of radiation hardness for GaN HEMTs device in Phase I. BENEFIT: The successful outcome of the project will provide high-efficiency linear high-power amplifiers for use in satellite communications systems. The amplifier design methodology developed under this effort can be used in a broad range of military and commercial communications 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.
- Gallium Nitride Based Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Technology for High Altitude Periscope Detection
- Low cost Diplexer for High performance phased array antenna
- Monolithic S-band Multichannel Transmit/Receive Module for Communication Phased Array Antennas
- Shipboard Low Noise Amplifier Assembly.
- 20 Gigahertz (GHz) Radiation Hardened Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Downlinks
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
24 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2014). Reported award amounts total $8,441,062. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration