SBIR/STTR Research Award
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS IN USE TODAY HAVE AN OSCILLATOR OR WAVEFORM GENERATOR OF SOME SORT.
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Sparta, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS IN USE TODAY HAVE AN OSCILLATOR OR WAVEFORM GENERATOR OF SOME SORT. AN OSCILLATOR MAY BE USED SIMPLY AS A SOURCE OR REGULARLY SPACED PULSES, A CLOCK, OR AS THE LOCAL OSCILLATOR IN A RECEIVER. NO MATTER HOW THE OSCILLATOR IS USED IT MUST MAINTAIN ITS FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION TO A SPECIFIC DEGREE OF ACCURACY. IN A GROWING NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THESE OSCILLATORS ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE IN THE PRESENCE OF PROTON RADIATION. THE SOURCE OF THIS RADIATION CAN BE FROM SOLAR FLARES, COSMIC RAYS OR CHARGED PARTICLE DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DOSE AND FREQUENCY SHIFT OF THESE OSCILLATORS IS IMPORTANT TO QUANTIFY THE DEGRADATION OR FAILURES OF INSTRUMENTS WITH CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS WHEN EXPOSED TO CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS.
Technology keywords
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