SBIR/STTR Research Award
Digital Beamforming (DBF) for Satellite Operations (SATOPS) Support
Award amount
$99,050Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2008-03-21
- Contract end date
- 2008-12-31
- UEI
- JS1BHL1THKY5
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- AF073-073
Research abstract
A novel, cost-effective Digital Beamformer (DBF) architecture is proposed. The application of COTS components, used in the manufacture of consumer wireless communications devices, offers a major cost reduction methodology that should lead to the realization of an affordable DBF for a large phased array (thousands of elements). Compared to analog beamforming methods, a DBF offers significant improvement for satellite tracking, aperture resource management, array calibration, and adaptive pattern control for interference suppression. During the Phase I effort, a DBF architecture and design trade-off analyses will be conducted and an optimum DBF architecture will be selected. In addition, the Phase II work plan, which includes the DBF steering of a 4x4 array of horns, will be generated.
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.
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2009). Reported award amounts total $838,536. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense