SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTRONICS ENCAPSULATION USING CONDUCTING POLYMER COATINGS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Gumbs Associates, Inc.
- 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 OUTLINES A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO COAT ELECTRONICS ENCAPSULATING MATERIALS WITH CONDUCTING POLYMERS TO PROVIDE SHIELDING FROM RADIATED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THE SHIELDING PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT CONDUCTING POLYMERS AT DIFFERENT THICKNESSES TO MICROWAVE ENERGY WILL BE TESTED AND ANALYZED. THE EFFECT OF COMBINING OR LAYERING MATERIALS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. DURING PHASE II A MINIMUM OF 25 FASCAM ANTI-TANK ASSEMBLIES WILL BE ENCAPSULATED WITH IMPROVED MATERIALS AND SUBJECTED TO MICROWAVE ENERGY. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP PROCESSIBLE CONDUCTING POLYMERS WITH HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY. THE EMI SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS DIRECTLY ON THE CONDUCTIVITY OF THE POLYMER.
Technology keywords
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