SBIR/STTR Research Award

Physically-Small VHF SAR Antenna

Award identifier c8e26cee4cbab3fb085e0290d858bab36d048b6324ead632ed0f649a02ca0c3dAwarding agency Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Award amount

$98,981

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2004

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Recipient company
EMAG TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Proposal award date
2004-06-01
Contract end date
2005-01-31
UEI
TK7RR5HBERN6
Solicitation number
2004.1
Topic code
SB041-023

Research abstract

In this Phase I Small Business Innovation Research project, we propose to investigate and adapt a number of recently developed ultra-compact and wideband planar antenna designs for a VHF Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) application. The antenna is intended to be mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and should cover the 20-90 MHz band. A reconfigurable antenna architecture using a switching network will be investigated to cover the entire bend in a stepped frequency mode of operation. The use of a reactive impedance surface is proposed to make the radiation pattern of the antenna unidirectional and suppress the back lobes. The effect of the mounting platform on the performance of the antenna will be simulated using in-house electromagnetic simulation codes.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

83 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2025). Reported award amounts total $30,483,001. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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