SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS FOR PULSE POWER APPLICATIONS
Award amount
$60,890Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- BERKELEY RESEARCH ASSOC., INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SLIGHTLY CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS ARE USED TO DELAY ELECTRICL BREAKDOWN IN THE POWER INDUSTRY AND TO AVOID STATIC CHARGING IN PACKAGING SENSITIVE ELECTRONICS. LIKEWISE, ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN AND STATIC CHARGING SET LIMITS TO PULSE POWER TECHNOLOGY, BUT CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS MAY OVERCOME THESE LIMITS. HOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS WILL BE TESTED FOR THEIR APPLICABILITY AS VACUUM-WATER BARRIERS, AS STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN OIL, AND AS HIGH-POWER RESISTORS.
Technology keywords
Not reported