SBIR/STTR Research Award
Miniature Multi-band Radar Beacon (MMRB)
Award amount
$99,993Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Special Operations Command
- Recipient company
- SIERRA MONOLITHICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-04-14
- Contract end date
- 2004-10-14
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- SOCOM04-003
Research abstract
The Dual band beacon SMP-2000 has been successfully deployed in various missions providing combat identification, multiple drop/landing/assault marking, and as point designators for targeting. However it does not meet the desired specifications for size and weight and lacks an integrated GPS readout. It also cannot communicate with the Joint Stars aircraft for Blue Force tracking. The advent of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) based RFICs permits the implementation of complex multi-GHz circuits onto a single chip. Sierra Monolithics proposes to develop a miniaturized version of SMP-2000 by incorporating many of the active and passive components onto a SiGe RFIC for each band. This reduction of size and weight will enable the addition of a GPS receiver and its antenna with minimal volume penalty. The proposed frequency source and modulation scheme will allow both beacon and JSTAR functions within the same unit.
Technology keywords
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