SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTRICALLY SMALL VLF AND LF ANTENNAS UTILIZING HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COMPONENTS
Award amount
$50,426Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Illinois Superconductor
- 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
THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP COMPACT, MOBILE OR TRANSPORTABLE VLF/LF ANTENNA SYSTEMS WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO THE INCORPORATION OF ULTRA-LOW LOSS HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR (HTSC) COMPONENTS. OUR PHASE I PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VLF/LF ANTENNA DESIGNS WHICH CAN MOST ADVANTAGEOUSLY USE HTSC MATERIALS FABRICATED USING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY. THE VIABILITY OF THESE DESIGNS WILL BE EVALUATED BY FABRICATING AND TESTING SELECTED HTSC COMPONENTS FOR THESE ANTENNA SYSTEMS. PHASE II OF THE PROGRAM WILL INVOLVE THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SELECTED DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROTOTYPE ANTENNA FOR USE IN AN ACTUAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
Technology keywords
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