SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of High performance, low noise VLWIR HgCdTe photodiodes
Award amount
$98,679Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- AVYD DEVICES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
"Phase I effort will focus on demonstration of the feasibility of our approach to reduce detector noise via improvement of carrier lifetime and suppression of tunneling related dark currents. Phase I objective includes demonstration of VLWIR HgCdTe filmswith much improved carrier lifetime and reducd absorber layer carrier concentration.In Phase II, we plan to demonstrate VLWIR detector arrays with detectivity performance superior to the current state of the art. Military applications include improved serveillence and threat warning capabilities. Commercial applications includeindustrial and auto emission monitoring, tumor detection, environmental monitoring etc."
Technology keywords
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