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NOVEL FABRICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTING ANTENNA STRUCTURES FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS.

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10497
Amount: $48,986.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 1654
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Lawrence E Murr
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Abstract

WE WILL DEVELOP AND FABRICATE, USING EXPLOSIVE (SHOCK-WAVE) FABRICATION TECHNIQUES, SIMPLE, MONOLITHIC, PLANAR, SANDWICHARRAYS OF SUPERCONDUCTING Y BA2 CU3 O7 POWDER OR POWDER MIXTURE IN A COPPER MATRIX. THESE BULK, SUPERCONDUCTING ARRAYS WILL, IN THE PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH, SERVE AS PROTOTYPES FOR SIMPLE ANTENNA AND RELATED MICROWAVE (R.F.) COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS. SIMPLE EVALUATIONS OF SUCH ARRAY FEASIBILITIES WILL BE BASED ON SURFACE RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS AT 77K OVER A RANGE OF 0.5 TO 5 GHZ. THE EFFECT OF MIXING METAL POWDERS SUCH AS COPPER OR SILVER ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING Y BA2 CU3 O7 SURFACE RESISTANCE WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED AS A POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF ENGINEERING SUCH SUPERCONDUCTING APPLICATIONS. THESE SUPERCONDUCTING SANDWICH ARRAYS WILL DEMONSTRATE SCALE-UP POTENTIAL TO BE PURSUED IN PHASE II, AND SERVE AS PRACTICAL PRECURSORS FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EFFICIENCY AND OPERATION OF SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-BEAM ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS AND RELATED SPACE APPLICATIONS OF BULK SUPERCONDUCTORS.

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