SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra Wide Band Time Difference Of Arrival Sensor
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Intelligent Automation, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-07-01
- Contract end date
- 2005-04-30
- UEI
- C3QJD7VXG167
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- N04-T019
Research abstract
We propose to develop an innovative way to wirelessly synchronize multiple RF receivers using ultra wideband (UWB) transceivers (radios). UWB spreads its energy over several Giga Hertz so it is highly LPI/LPD. This method does not rely on GPS so the synchronization will be maintained when the GPS signal is not available. A time resolution better than 1 nanosecond is achievable using existing UWB chipsets. The same link that is used for time synchronization can also carry data for two-way communication, and provide fast, accurate ranging in both Line of Sight (LOS), and non-LOS environments. The synchronization, ranging, and data link capabilities of UWB technology provide all the key elements of an extremely capable Time Difference Of Arrival Sensor. The most critical functions are already implemented in Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) chips, so the hardware to implement this time synchronization and ranging scheme can be very low-cost and simple.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- VAST-CQA: Video Annotation and Statistics Toolkit for Crowdsourcing Quality Assessment
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Ultra Wide Band Time Difference Of Arrival Sensor
- TDOA-Enhanced Geolocation For the Team Portable Collection System
- TDOA-Enhanced Geolocation For the Team Portable Collection System
Research funding history
1,182 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2021). Reported award amounts total $369,972,257. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security