SBIR/STTR Research Award
Shipboard Low Noise Amplifier
Award amount
$749,959Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Auriga Measurement Systems LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-02-23
- Contract end date
- 2012-08-14
- UEI
- L4GLD7Q8SMT1
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- N07-194
Research abstract
Auriga will produce a mast-mounted LNA that could withstand the high input power environment by utilizing a transistor typically found in power amplifiers; this transistor would also provide low noise characteristics. This novel approach was proposed and validated in Phase I. The enabling technology is Gallium Nitride (GaN), which is a relatively new technology. The high power handling capability of GaN is well-known, but the low noise characteristics have only recently been investigated. Studies have shown comparable noise performance between GaN and GaAs technologies.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- 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