SBIR/STTR Research Award
GALLIUM ARSENIDE ANALOG PREPROCESSING ELECTRONICS FOR LINEAR Z-DIMENSION INFRARED-FOCAL PLANE ARRAY SENSORS
Award amount
$250,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Top-Vu Technology, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN SBIR PROJECT TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP GALLIUM ARSENIDE ANALOG PREPROCESSING ELECTRONICS (GAPE) FOR INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (IR-FPA) SENSORS. TOP-VU TECHNOLOGY PROPOSES AN INTEGRATED ANALOG PREPROCESSORWHICH USES GAAS LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE READOUT AND PREPROCESSING FUNCTIONS IN LINEAR Z-DIMENSION. THIS IS TO FILL THE NEED OF HIGH-SPEED PREPROCESSING REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN THE IR-FPA AND THE CONVENTIONAL DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR. THE FOCUS IS TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN SIGNAL PROCESSING. THE MERITS OF THE TWO PROPOSED CONCEPTS WILL BE EVALUATED FOR INFRARED SENSING APPLICATIONS: 1. GAAS LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ANALOG MICROCELLS) IN PERFORMING READOUT AND PREPROCESSING FUNCTIONS. 2. GAPE ARCHITECTURE USING GAAS ANALOG MICROCELLS.
Technology keywords
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