SBIR/STTR Research Award
Arc Source Multi-Layer Coatings to Doublelighting System Lifetimes without Affecting Performance
Award amount
$749,199Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Energy Focus, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-06-06
- Contract end date
- 2009-10-15
- UEI
- E6ACL8BWKN47
- Solicitation number
- 2005.2
- Topic code
- SB052-004
Research abstract
We will determine how to effectively apply an organometallic external barrier coating to arc tubes to prevent or delay their failure by devitrification. The most important consideration is source life, followed by lumen maintenance, the spectral output and cost. The coating process will be the Microdyne system demonstrated in Phase I. The alternate processes of CLCB and dip-coating will be investigated. The spectral, barrier, and conductive features of a number of different compounds (mostly Si, Ta, and Ti based) will be explored in UV, IR, anti-reflective and tinted coatings. In addition to devitrification formation and temp life, the coatings interaction with arc tube construction, back-arc starting, and thermal affects will be tested and the science investigated. To accomplish all this, rapid and thorough life testing capabilities will be constructed.
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.
- Lighting Controls Software for Self-Commissioning and Optimized Energy Savings
- Innovative Solid State Lighting Replacements for Industrial and Test Facility Locations
- Heat Resistant Visual Landing Aid Lighting Fixtures for Ship Flight Decks and Expeditionary Air Field Matting
- Explosion-Proof Solid State Lighting Fixture for Extreme Environments
- A Spectrally Dynamic Berth Light for Active Circadian Cycle Management
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Long Lifetime HID Lamps for Remote Source Lighting
- Arc Source Multi-Layer Coatings to Double lighting System Lifetimes without Affecting Performance
- Arc Source Multi-Layer Coatings to Doublelighting System Lifetimes without Affecting Performance
Research funding history
19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2013). Reported award amounts total $7,842,974. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration