SBIR/STTR Research Award
A BROADBAND MULTICHANNEL PRECIPITATION SENSOR WITH A GAUSSIAN OPTICS FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXER AND A COMMON APERTURE ANTENNA
Award amount
$494,236Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Millitech Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MILLITECH PROPOSES TO DESIGN A SENSOR TO BE USED FOR SATELLITE BORNE OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATION, SEA SURFACE, AND ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS. THIS SENSOR WILL COMPRISE A COMMON APERTURE ANTENNA AND A GAUSSIAN OPTICS FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXER WHICH WILL BE USED WITH LOW NOISE RECEIVERS IN THE FUTURE. THE USER WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN IN TWO ORTHO-GONAL POLARIZATIONS OVER ONE DECADE OF FREQUENCY AT BOTH MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS. IN THIS PROPOSAL WE HAVE OUTLINED THE APPROACH FOR DESIGNING A COMPACT BROADBAND FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXER TO MATE WITH A HIGH RESOLUTION ANTENNA, A DESIGN WHICH WOULD BE COST EFFICIENT BY ALLOWING MANY BANDS TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY OBSERVED WITH ONE INSTRUMENT.
Technology keywords
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