SBIR/STTR Research Award
LOW-COST, MINIATURE TACTICAL JAMMERS
Award amount
$49,526Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- OptoElectric
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A SIMPLE TACTICAL JAMMER IS PROPOSED. THE JAMMER USES A BULK AVALANCHE SWITCH TO GENERATE HIGH-POWER RADIATION IN WELL-UNDER 1 NANOSECOND. THE AVALANCHE SWITCH HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO HANDLE 10'S OF KILOWATTS OF POWER AND REPETITION RATES UP TO 300 KHZ. SCALING UP BOTH THE POWER AND REPETITION RATES ARE POSSIBLE. A LOW-COST, COMPACT, TACTICAL JAMMER WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH CAN BE DELIVERED BY UNMANNED VEHICLES AND OTHER MILITARY APPLICATIONS. PULSED POWER APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNIQUES, IMPULSE RADARS, JAMMERS, MICROWAVES
Technology keywords
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