SBIR/STTR Research Award
WIDEBAND ELECTRONICS
Award amount
$210,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Hittite Microwave Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL EXAMINES NEW CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES TO WIDEBAND MICROWAVE SIGNAL PROCESSING COMPONENTS BASED ON GAAS MMIC TECHNOLOGY. A UNIQUE TRAVELING-WAVE TYPE WIDEBAND POWER AMPLIFIER IS DESCRIBED INCORPORATING A NOVEL POWER FET CONFIGURATION DEMONSTRATED AT HITTITE MICROWAVE. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE ALSO DESCRIBED NEW IDEAS AND APPROACHES FOR WIDEBAND SIGNAL CONTROL COMPONENTS SUCH AS SWITCHES, PHASE SHIFTERS, ATTENUATORS, LIMITERS, ACTIVE POWER DIVIDERS/COMBINERS AND NONRECIPROCAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS CIRCULATORS. THIS PROPOSAL CONTAINS THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THE DESCRIPTION OF OUR TECHNICAL APPROACH FOR SUCH A DESIGN EFFORT TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY.
Technology keywords
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