SBIR/STTR Research Award
Light Weight High Voltage Power System
Award amount
$85,215Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1996Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- 3tech Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
3Tech proposes in the phase I effort to provide a detailed feasibility report analyzing the existing high voltage DC power supplies in the communications aircraft for weight reduction possibilities. In addition, 3Tech proposes a novel multiphase High Voltage Power Converter to Navy to power the Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers in the aircraft. The power converter is based on modern high frequency soft switching technique operating in discontinuous conduction mode. It combines the best features of both power and resonant power conversion techniques. The unique features of this converter include light weight, high efficiency, low electromagnetic interference, improved input and output power quality and improved redundancy, the critical attributes of aerospace power supplies.
Technology keywords
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