SBIR/STTR Research Award
High-Performance Geiger Mode 1.06 micron APD Array
Award amount
$749,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- VOXTEL, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-08-05
- Contract end date
- 2006-08-04
- UEI
- N2KECNUUMBF4
- Solicitation number
- 2003.1
- Topic code
- MDA03-088
Research abstract
In this Phase II SBIR program, Voxtel will design, manufacture, and test a 32 by 32 element, 30-micron pitch, 1064-nm optimized Geiger Mode (GM) avalanche photodiode (APD) array. The array will be electrically and optically characterized and will be tested for total dose radiation performance. The innovation is significant in that there currently are no APD/ROIC focal plane assemblies that have a sufficiently small feature size to support enhancements of image/target discrimination and tracking that are required to address advanced missile threat scenarios. The proposed innovation enables the development of a demonstrator of the dual mode seeker being targeted for the next generation avionics on the THAAD program and Carrier Vehicle concepts for MKV. The proposed approach is scalable to the 1024 by 1024 formats anticipated for future applications.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
235 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2021). Reported award amounts total $86,180,717. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency