SBIR/STTR Research Award
Voltage Tunable Ferroelectric Composites for Phased Array Radar
Award amount
$98,865Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- TRS CERAMICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- PMYKUK6KNB75
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This SBIR Phase I program will address the fabrication and testing of voltage variable dielectrics (VVD) in which the refractive index (n) can be E-field tuned providing electronic scanning in the microwave regions. In collaboration with Hughes' Radar Division, the manufacturing of large area composites based on the perovskite Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) will be integrated into a continuous transverse antenna architecture for phased array radar concurrent to this effort will be investigation of thick film BST or cofired / tape-cast BST for fabrication of voltage tunable microwave frequency capacitors. The Phase I research will provide a basis for the manufacturing of BST composites with further optimization in Phase II, including device specific applications such as automotive collision warning devices, airport encursion, sensors, etc.
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.
- Ternary Single Crystal Tonpilz Transducers with Reduced Side Lobes for Wide Angle Beam Steering
- High Speed and High Voltage Capacitors for Naval HPRF Directed Energy Applications
- Advanced Ceramic High Speed and High Voltage Capacitors
- Ternary Single Crystal Tonpilz Transducers with Reduced Side Lobes for Wide Angle Beam Steering
- Low Cost Manufacturing of Vector Velocity Sensors
Research funding history
129 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2017). Reported award amounts total $37,410,092. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy