SBIR/STTR Research Award
Metamaterial-Based Electrically Small Antenna
Award amount
$99,209Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Applied EM Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-09-02
- Contract end date
- 2009-03-02
- UEI
- GNB2M2TJGSA5
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- N07-184
Research abstract
Small antennas are required to support surveillance sensors, communication links, navigation systems, command and control systems, and precision strike capabilities on Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) .Research advancements in meta-materials show promise in the design of high efficiency small antennas. Under this project, Applied EM is proposing to develop electrically small antenna designs using degenerate band edge (DBE) and magnetic photonic crystal (MPC) configurations. Extensive simulation studies will be conducted to design DBE antenna prototype achieving Chu-Harrington limit. Loading effects of lumped or distributed capacitive/inductive elements on DBE elements will be considered to overcome the fundamental gain bandwidth product limit. Multi-arm transmission line coupled DBE antenna will be also investigated to design antennas that can be structurally integrated within the UCAV.
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.
- Innovative Physics-based Modeling Tool for Application to Passive Radio Frequency Identification System on Rotorcraft
- Low Profile, Very Wide Bandwidth Aircraft Communications Antennas Using Advanced Ground-Plane Techniques
- GPS-Iridium Anti-Jam (AJ) Antenna Systems for Air Vehicle and Sea Vehicle Platforms
- Antenna Placement Optimization on Large, Airborne, Naval Platforms
- CRPA for GNSS
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Design and Manufacture of a Structurally Integrated Metamaterial Antenna (1000-122)
- Metamaterial-Based Electrically Small Antenna
- Metamaterial-Based Electrically Small Antenna
- Metamaterial-Based Electrically Small Antenna
- Design and Manufacture of a Structurally Integrated Metamaterial Antenna (1000-086)
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2015). Reported award amounts total $21,013,410. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration