SBIR/STTR Research Award
QUANTIFICATION
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ECD INVENTED AND DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF USING A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN A MATERIAL TO STORE INFORMATION. USING SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASERS TO RECORD, READ, AND ERASE INFORMATION ON PHASE CHANGE MEDIA OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PRODUCT WITH THE FEATURES OF MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIA WITH GREATLY INCREASED STORAGE CAPACITY. THIS PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THIS APPLICATION BY QUANTIFYING THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE AREAS OF SENSITIVITY, SPEED, DATA CAPACITY, DATA TRANSFER RATES, CARRY TO NOISE RATIO AND OTHERS. THE PERFORMANCE IS COMPARED TO DESIRED LEVELS TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY FOR THIS APPLICATION.
Technology keywords
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