SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Reliablility, High Power Density, Silicon Carbide (SiC) Based Solid-State Circuit Breakers for Next Generation Military Weapons Platforms
Award amount
$99,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-11-20
- Contract end date
- 2009-05-20
- UEI
- QZMVB44SHW19
- Solicitation number
- 2008.1
- Topic code
- OSD08-EP6
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project seeks to develop an advanced flexible self-powered robust high power density solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) through the incorporation of emerging silicon carbide (SiC) device technology and the implementation of advanced thermal management schemes. APEI, Inc. will analyze different SiC device technology presently available and carry out the initial design of a full-scale SiC-based SSCB. Additionally, APEI, Inc. will demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach through the hardware implementation of a scaled-down (700 V / 50 A) Phase I technology demonstration prototype. Phase II work will target the complete development and testing of a full-scale SiC-based SSCB.
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.
- High Power Density GaN-Based Power Converters for Grid-Tied Energy Storage
- A High Efficiency, High Power Density, GaN-Based DC-DC Converter for Grid-Tied Energy Storage Applications
- Extreme Temperature Radiation Tolerant Instrumentation for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines
- A Modular High Voltage (> 10 kV), High Power Density SiC Power Package for Extreme Environments
- A 300C Power Module Using Wide Bandgap Devices, Advanced Materials/Processes, and High Temperature Integrated Circuits for Geothermal Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Multi-Channel Solid State Circuit Breaker
- A Fast Acting Solid-State Circuit Breaker for Electrical Power Systems
- Scalable Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB)
- A Fast Acting Solid-State Circuit Breaker for Electrical Power Systems
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2015). Reported award amounts total $19,645,087. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation