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A MICROSTRIP MULTIPLE FUNCTION ANTENNA FEED

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 6792
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
4 Professional Dr #125
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 TING-I WANG
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Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A MULTILAYER MICROSTRIP, CIRCULARLY POLARIZED, MULTIPLE FUNCTION FOCAL POINT FEED FOR MMII DEEP SPACE PROBE HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS. THE FEED WILL PROPERLY ILLUMINATE A 1.47 METER DIAMETER REFLECTOR FOR GENERATING A HIGH GAIN BEAM ANDALSO TO SERVE AS A LOW GAIN ANTENNA. THE LOW GAIN BEAM IS DIRECTED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE HIGH GAIN BEAM AND HAS A WIDESPREAD PATTERN. THE FEED WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF BEING SWITCHED TO SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE IN EITHER HIGHGAIN OR LOW GAIN MODE OF OPERATION, OR TRANSMIT IN HIGH GAIN WHILE RECEIVE IN LOW GAIN. IN PHASE I, SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. WILL CONDUCT AN ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO VERIFY THE CONCEPT, AND PROVIDE ALL OF THE DESIGN TOOLS FOR ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM FOR FORBRICATION AND TESTING IN PHASE II.

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