SBIR/STTR Research Award
Measuring Depth Profiles of Scattering in the Ocean
Award amount
$60,335Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SOFTRONICS, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- QZ6XND8TKA76
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
LIDAR (laser radar) is used for oceanographic research, and emits a short light pulse whose return echoes are digitized and analyzed to determine the composition and location of underwater objects. This requires a digitizer with high sampling speed, wide bandwidth commensurate with the pulse width, and high dynamic range. What is needed in reality is a 14-16 bit, 1 Gsample/second (Gs/s) analog-to-digital converter (ADC), which does not yet exist. Currently the program is using a 100 MHz logarithmic amplifier and a COTS 8 bit, 1 Gs/s ADC PC plug-in board. This study will validate the feasibility of employing a novel array of 12- 14 bit COTS ADCs to achieve the desired 500 MHz bandwidth with 1 Gs/s, and define a specification and detailed technical approach to Phase 2 implementation as a computer plug-in board.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Telemetry Buoy - TM Collection System
- Shock Tolerant, Solid State, Submersible Emergency Transmitter
- Acoustic Array Simulation Environment System
- Very Low Frequency Receiver front end with high sensitivity and frequency selectivity
- Shock Tolerant, Solid State, Submersible Emergency Transmitter
Research funding history
17 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2017). Reported award amounts total $5,073,716. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration