SBIR/STTR Research Award
MINIATURIZED METALLIC GLASS ACCELEROMETER
Award amount
$49,807Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MASSA PRODUCTS CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JFCTVSF7T9A3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS HIGHLY ACTIVE METALLIC GLASS (METGLAS) MATERIAL HAS FEATURES WHICH MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE AS A TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM FOR ACCELEROMETERS AND DIRECTIONAL HYDROPHONES. UNDER PHASE I, A SINGLE-CHANNEL MINIATURIZED ACCELEROMETER PROTOTYPE WITH EXTENDED LOW-FREQUENCY CAPABILITY WILL BE DEVELOPED, FABRICATED AND EVALUATED, UTILIZING METALLIC GLASS AS THE TRANSDUCTION MATERIAL. THE SENSING OF MOTION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH LARGE CHANGES IN THE PERMEABILITY OF THE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF SMALL OPPOSITE STRAINS ON TWO SURFACES OF A CANTILEVER STRUCTURE. THIS CHANGE IN PERMEABILITY CAUSES A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THE VOLTAGE OF THE SURROUNDING COIL WHEN THE SYSTEM IS BIASED BY AN ADDITIONAL AC CARRIER MAGNETIC FIELD.
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.
- High-Power, Low-Frequency, Textured PMN-PT Underwater Projector
- 3-inch SONAR Countermeasure
- High-Power, Low-Frequency, Textured PMN-PT Underwater Projector
- Very High Powered, Low Frequency Underwater Projectors
- Very High Powered, Low Frequency Underwater Projectors
Research funding history
17 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2020). Reported award amounts total $3,979,029. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense