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Analog to Information (A2I) Sensing for Software Defined Receivers

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68936-09-C-0131
Agency Tracking Number: N092-106-0500
Amount: $148,528.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N092-106
Solicitation Number: 2009.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-09-25
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-11-26
Small Business Information
310 Terrace Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
United States
DUNS: 132595716
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James Caffery
 Senior R&D Engineer/Progr
 (513) 281-2900
 jcaffery@girdsystems.com
Business Contact
 H. Fan
Title: President
Phone: (513) 281-2900
Email: hfan@girdsystems.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

ELINT systems are often limited in bandwidth because the Nyquist criterion restricts the sampled bandwidth to one half of the maximum sampling rate of the A/D converter. While A/D converter technology has improved over the last several years, it is still not sufficient for many wideband applications. Compressive sensing (CS) is a revolutionary concept recently proposed that allows for wider bandwidths to be processed using sampling rates less than the Nyquist rate when the sampled signals are sparse. Radar signals, such as those detected by an ELINT receiver typically meet such requirements for sparseness. GIRD Systems proposes herein a novel new compressive sensing method that is optimized for ELINT receivers that detect radar signals. By selecting an appropriate basis function set, we can deliver a system that meets performance expectations while still capable of being implemented in hardware.

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