Integrated Active-Cooling and RTM Composites Manufacturing Processes for Ground Based Radar Transmit/Receive Modules and Housings for High Power Elect

"Ground Based Radar (GBR) Transmit/Receive (T/R) Modules and Housings, using high power electronics GaAs, SiC, and GaN materials, must be designed to accommodate large amounts of waste heat generated in relatively small areas of the T/R Module. This heatmust be thermally managed to reduce T/R Module operating temperatures and increase reliability and life of electronic components. Integration of active-cooling and composite materials technologies is necessary to meet current and future thermal managementrequirements and provide lightweight and low cost design solutions for the projected high volume production for GBR T/R Modules and Housings. This can be accomplished using our unique Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) composite manufacturing process that allowsincorporation of integral cooling channels during the composite fabrication as well as tailoring of high thermal conductivity composite materials to optimize thermal management and provide light weight components. Our RTM process will provide aerospacequality parts with reproducible properties at significantly lower cost compared to competing processes for high volume production. GBR T/R Modules and Housings design concepts will be developed based on design requirements provided by MDA and GBR systemprime contractors to assure our product compatibility with future missile defense GBR requirements. The Phase I program will demonstrate concept feasibility through analytical studies an