SBIR/STTR Research Award
Hollow-Cathode Capillary-Discharge Pseudospark Pulsed Power Units For Integrated
Award amount
$99,701Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- STARFIRE INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- GZ2MY2S55JW9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The micronization of spacecraft and satellite propulsion systems (size, weight, and power) will require an equivalent reduction in pulsed power unit (PPU) support hardware. There are scaling limitations in current solid-state PPUs in terms of sourcecurrent and response time. Recent advances in pseudospark technology show promise for miniaturization. Starfire Industries envisions shrinking the PPU onto a semiconductor chip with MEMS-scale components and integrating with a plasma pseudospark switchfor high-current fast-rise pulsed power for defense applications and plasma propulsion.This SBIR program will investigate the capabilites of a MEMS-scale PPU and integration with other satellite components
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.
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Research funding history
61 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $32,483,674. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security