SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Bandwidth Terahertz Communication Link
Award amount
$99,979Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MAXENTRIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-09-28
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JL9DW4GMNJ53
- Solicitation number
- 2011.2
- Topic code
- A11-079
Research abstract
MaXentric, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, is proposing a unique sub-terahertz D-band wireless communication radio that can deliver throughputs exceeding 1 Gb/s at a range of 1 km using a D-band Integrated with V-band Architecture or DIVA. DIVAs Phase I development efforts include the design of a D-band based MMIC that can directly connect to the Gb/S V-band Transceiver (GVT) technology developed by MaXentric. MaXentric Phase I efforts involve the development of the MMIC D-band RF front-end chip and the adaptation of MaXentrics GVT for D-band operations and D-band MMIC integration. DIVAs reliance on using an intermediate v-band front end is a clear balance between a lower risk rapidly maturing V-band and E-band components with a new development for a D-band MMIC. DIVA will offer a 2 Gb/s link throughput based on its current implementation road map with a demonstrable 1.4 Gb/s link throughput today.
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.
- Integrated Circuit Engineering for Chip-Level Obfuscation Using Diverse Suppliers (ICE-CLOUDS)
- MaXEdge –Edge-Deployed Communication and Emitter Detection
- Enhanced Multi Band Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems Secure Radio Terminal (EMB-RCSUS SRT)
- ARMOR (Advanced Radiation Material for Optimized Range)
- REFINE (RF Emitter Filtering for Intelligent Nonlinear Elimination)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Bandwidth Terahertz Communication Link
- High Bandwidth Terahertz Communication Link
- High Bandwidth Terahertz Communication Link
Research funding history
210 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2026). Reported award amounts total $112,803,093. 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, Department of Homeland Security