SBIR/STTR Research Award
MEMS based Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers for Space Applications
Award amount
$712,477Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- CALABAZAS CREEK RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- M3LBSJNCR1Z5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A combination of innovative component designs based on three-dimensional MEMS fabrication capabilities and advanced computational tools provide the foundation for miniaturizing TWTs, enabling operation above 80 GHz. Preliminary component designs werecompleted utilizing field emission arrays (FEA) as the electron source. FEAs offer significant improvements in efficiency compared to thermionic cathodes. Periodic permanent magnet (PPM) focusing and slow-wave circuits were designed around MEMS technologyto provide compact, lightweight devices. The fabrication of slow-wave circuits and a beam test assembly is underway. State-of-the-art simulation tools will be used to optimize designs for all major tube components, including the slow-wave circuit,input/output couplers, electron gun, PPM, and collector. The goal is to fabricate the entire system by MEMS techniques for
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- High Efficiency Multiple Beam Klystrons
- Multiple Beam Triode Based RF Sources
- High Efficiency Gyrotron Technology Development
- High Efficiency Klystron, 1.3 GHz, 200 kW CW
- Compact and Efficient Magnetron Source for Continuous Wave Microwave Power Generation
Research funding history
138 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2024). Reported award amounts total $43,761,170. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation