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Software-defined, reconfigurable, plug-and-play transceiver

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-09-M-1586
Agency Tracking Number: F083-167-1565
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF083-167
Solicitation Number: 2008.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-01-23
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-10-31
Small Business Information
15400 Calhoun Drive Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Arvind Bhat
 Senior Engineer
 (301) 294-5254
 abhat@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Mark James
Title: Director, Contracts and Propsals
Phone: (301) 294-5221
Email: mjames@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Intelligent Automation Inc, proposes to develop a software defined Plug-and-Play (PNP) transceiver capable of digitally synthesizing arbitrary waveforms. A digital approach provides excellent control over amplitude, phase and frequency, which is critical for phase-array radar implementation. High-speed Digital-to-analog and Analog-to-Digital converters interfaced with modern FPGA technology have simplified digitally synthesized waveform generator and wideband receiver designs. The proposed technique will leverage IAIfs vast experience in Software Defined Radio (SDR) and RF hardware design. Our innovation focuses on implementing monolithic waveform generator and integrated receiver (will be referred to as gTransceiverh throughout the proposal) using digital techniques and minimizing the number of analog components. The form-factor of such a transceiver will be comparable to a typical handheld mobile device (cell phones, PDAfs). An X-band front can be easily integrated with this waveform generator module using MMIC components, thus making it a complete single channel radar transceiver, with plug-and-play capability. A software-defined reconfigurable transceiver has the potential to greatly improve the performance and efficiency PNP backplanes for phase-array radar applications. BENEFIT: The proposed technology is built upon the software defined radio expertise of IAI. The most promising commercial applications outside of Air Force are: EArbitrary wideband waveform synthesizer EReconfigurable radar transceiver with multi-mode capabilities ECognitive radios

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