SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Rate Single Photon Sensitive Coded LADAR Receiver
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- VOXTEL, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2010-05-03
- Contract end date
- 2010-11-02
- UEI
- N2KECNUUMBF4
- Solicitation number
- 2009.3
- Topic code
- MDA09-038
Research abstract
There is a need for a high-resolution two-dimensional focal plane array (FPA) with single photon sensitivity (SPS), pulse amplitude storage, and GHz bit rates that can record both the time (with 10 bits) from multiple returns from a single laser pulse. Such a system has the potential to significantly reduce LADAR size, weight, and power (SWAP) by alleviating the laser requirements. In this program, a high gain (>1,800), low excess noise (k<0.03) linear-mode APD will be configured into a focal plane that is capable of recording the time of flight (TOF) of up to 128 pulse returns per frame for each pixel in the FPA. The prototype LADAR receiver will be demonstrated in Phase I, and in Phase II, a ROIC integrating a low-noise, multi-GHz amplifier into each unit cell will be designed and integrated into a 32 × 128 focal plane array, with SPS, ns pulse pair resolution, and <25 psec TOF time stamps.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
235 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2021). Reported award amounts total $86,180,717. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency