HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (HTSC) ESM AUGMENTATION SYSTEM

THE PROJECT EXAMINES THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (HTSC) TECHNOLOGY TO AUGMENT ESM RECEIVER SYSTEMS. HTSC IS AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY WHICH POTENTIALLY ALLOWS A DEVICE TO BE CONSTRUCTED WHICH SORTS HIGH DUTY CYCLE (PULSE) SIGNALS AT DIRECT RF. THE ISOLATED PD/CW AND PULSE ENVIRONMENTS SRE THEN EASILY HANDLED BY SIMPLE SUPERHET AND WIDE BAND RECEIVERS, RESPECTIVELY. THE PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND OVERALL DESIGN, AND SPECIFIES CRITICAL COMPONENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADBOARD TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION IN PHASE II.