SBIR/STTR Research Award
LARGE DEVIATION LINEAR PHASE SHIFTER
Award amount
$495,553Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Pacific Monolothics Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR LARGE - DEVIATION, LINEAR PHASE SHIFTER CIRCUITS WITH QPSK AND BPSK CAPABILITY ON-BOARD FOR USE IN NEW SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. A GALLIUM ARSENIDE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WILL BE STUDIED FOR THIS PURPOSE. A CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION WILL BE DEFINED FOR AN X-BAND CHIP, AND SUPPORTING CIRCUITRY, AND SPECIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHIP DURING A FOLLOW-ON PHASE WILL BE DEFINED. CIRCUIT IMPLICATIONS, AND DESIGN OPTIONS FOR EXTENDING THE WORK TO THE KA-BAND REGION WILL BE STUDIED. INCLUDED IN THIS EFFORT WILL BE A STUDY OFUSING HEMT CIRCUITS TO FORM ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CIRCUIT AT HIGHER FREQUENCY.
Technology keywords
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