SBIR/STTR Research Award
RF Front End Based on MEMS Components for Miniaturized Digital EVA Radio
Award amount
$99,970Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ALPHASENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2010-01-29
- Contract end date
- 2010-07-29
- UEI
- QME3ZP5XDM31
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- O1.04
Research abstract
In this proposal, AlphaSense, Inc. (AI) and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) detail the development of RF front end based on MEMS components for miniaturized digital EVA radio. Key innovations of our approach include: a) the use of a novel parallel receiver front end architecture based on MEMS components, b) a novel design of a high Q mixer-filter for RF mixing and IF filtering, and c) the implementation of band pass filter and voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) using CMOS fabrication technique. Consequently, the proposed EVA radio has the following merits: a)Small size, light- weight and low power consumption, b)High sensitivity and frequency selectivity, c)Good device reliability, and d)Easy device fabrication and low manufacturing cost.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2017). Reported award amounts total $8,183,315. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy