SBIR/STTR Research Award
DC - 20GHZ Q-DOT RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1035, PART 1 --TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
Award amount
$48,339Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- Q-DOT, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
UNIQUE CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES MAY BE ABLE TO RECORD PHENOMENA WITH INFORMATION SPANNING DC - 20GHZ. DATA TO BE RECORDED IS SAMPLED AT RATES UP TO 100 GS/S AND STORED TEMPORARILY IN THE CCD. IT IS THEN SHIFTED AT SLOW RATES INTO A CONVENTIONAL A/D AND DIGITAL MEMORY. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH SUGGESTS BROAD TRADE-OFFS AMONG RECORD LENGTH, SAMPLING INTERVAL, DYNAMIC RANGE, AND OTHER FACTORS. OUR FIRST STEP WILL BE TO ASSESS DNA'S NEEDS AND DEVELOP DETAILED TARGET SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT. THEN, A SET OF CANDIDATE CCD STRUCTURES AND SUPPORT ELEMENTSWILL BE CONFIRMED. MANUFACTURED. THISE JOINTS MADE FROM RIGID AND THERMALLY
Technology keywords
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