A 45 nm Low Cost, Radiation Hardened, Platform Based Structured ASIC
Company: American Semiconductor, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: The proposed 45 nm radiation hardened platform based structured ASIC architecture offers the performance and density expected of a custom ASIC with the low manufacturing cost associated with a structured ASIC. The low cost, high performance customization of the structured ASIC portion of the chip is… more
Conformal Load Bearing Antenna Structure
Company: American Semiconductor, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: ABSTRACT: American Semiconductor will develop and demonstrate structural integration of a conformal load bearing antenna structure (CLAS). Future aircraft will incorporate distributed electronics, sensors, and flight control transducers directly into the composite airframe. For near-term Air… more
Enforcing Integrated Circuit Trust Via Unified Multi-Level Countermeasures
Company: COMPUTER MEASUREMENT LABORATORY, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: ABSTRACT: This project will investigate the feasibility of an integrated multilevel system for protecting space assets from system hardware and firmware exploitation. The overall strategy is to provide greater collective system protection as a whole than would otherwise be available from the sum of… more
Radiation Hard Electronics for Advanced Communication Systems
Company: ICs Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: Advanced reconfigurable/reprogrammable communication systems will require use of commercial sub 100 nm electronics. Legacy radiation tolerant circuits fail to provide Single Event Upset (SEU) immunity at speeds greater than 500 MHz. New base level logic circuits have been demonstrated in Phase I… more
SBIR Phase II: Photochemical Reactor for CO2 Separation in Carbon Capture Process
Company: Pearlhill Technologies, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will stimulate the acceptance of carbon capture by companies that own and operate coal-fired plants. The Department of Energy considers the amine absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas of coal-fired power plants as the most… more
Developing and validating a model to understand mixed lubrication regions for fluid-film bearings
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / STTR / 2012 / 1Abstract: Under this effort, Sentient will develop mixed-EHL models to predict the performance of fluid film bearings for submarine applications. The models will consider critical design and operational parameters such as component geometry and surface finish, start up and shut down speeds/loads, and… more
SBIR Phase I: Analytical Modeling and Performance Prediction of Remanufactured Gearbox Components
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project shall develop analytical fatigue models as applied to the performance analysis of remanufactured gearbox coponents under NSF SBIR Phase I Solicitation 11-577 (Topic NM?Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, and Manufacturing, Subtopic M3-Modeling… more
Surface Engineering Technologies for Improved Gear Efficiency
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: The overall goal of this project is to develop an optimized surface texture process in order to maximize the efficiency of rolling/sliding contacts such as gears. Development of this high efficiency, rolling/sliding surface will be guided by Sentient's unique combination of modeling… more
Advanced Seal Technology for Helicopter Drive System Application
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: Gearbox seal wear and leakage is a major source of maintenance and downtime for rotorcraft. Sentient will use our advanced tribology modeling technology to evaluate coatings and surface texturing processes for carbon face seals and provide a generalized modeling approach that can replace physical… more
Multi-functional Integrated Drive System Sensor(MIDSS) for Rotorcraft
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: Sentient will be developing a Smart DigitalClone Sensor for application to rotorcraft drivetrains and other rotating components on high value systems. This technology is enabled by our DigitalClone Ground Truth model, developed through Navy and Army SBIR funding and validated with multiple OEM… more
Fatigue Crack Initiation Prediction Tool for Rotorcraft Spiral Bevel Gears
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: Current gearbox life estimation techniques commonly underplay the significance of gear tooth surface fatigue due to the complexity of the phenomenon involved. The Phase I program successfully demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing advanced modeling techniques to predict the onset and propagation… more
Soil profile water content sensing system based on TDR
Company: ACCLIMA, INC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: Researchers who develop high water use efficiency plants are in great need of precisely monitoring the uptake of water by their prototype plants at various segments of its root zone. They need to know how each plant variation utilizes water in producing food and from where the water is drawn.… more
Intelligent Data Capture and Assessment Technology for Developmental Disabilities
Company: CARING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: HHS / SBIR / 2012 / 2Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed SBIR Phase II renewal will leverage the technical expertise of academic collaborators at Georgia Institute of Technology and ongoing relationships forged with behavioral health professionals to introduce key technical innovations to our existing… more
Development of Rich&Creamy Melt Cooking Blend for Taste, Nutrition, Oxidative Stability and Reducing Childhood Obesity
Company: PROSPERITY ORGANIC FOODS INC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: USDA / SBIR / 2012 / 1Abstract: The general problem: In the United States today, the health consequences associated with childhood and adolescent obesity are projected to produce the first decline in life expectancy since the Great Depression. More than 23 million children and adolescents are overweight or obese. The role of fat… more
Next-Generation Detector and Imager Development
Company: American Semiconductor, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOE / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: Existing silicon on insulator (SOI) pixel detectors which integrate single gate transistors with substrate diodes are limited by two key problems. First, the SOI transistor performance is degraded by the large potentials that must be applied to the substrate to fully deplete the diodes. Secondly,… more
Ultra Low Power, Radiation Hardened, Reconfigurable Analog-to-Digital Converter
Company: American Semiconductor, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: The goal of this project is to develop an ultra low power (ULP), radiation hardened, reconfigurable analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the 130nm Flexfet Independently Double Gated SOI CMOS process. Satellites include a large number of sensors which perform both generic system functions and… more
High Performance, Ultra Low Power SPA-1 ASIC for Space Plug-and-Play Avionics
Company: American Semiconductor, Inc. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: ABSTRACT: The Space Plug-and-play Avionics (SPA) initiative is designed to improve the ability of the US military to respond to rapidly changing operational needs by creating, integrating, and launching a new spacecraft in less than one week. This would provide major benefits to war fighters on… more
Radiation Hard Electronics for Advanced Communication Systems
Company: ICs Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NASA / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: Advanced reconfigurable/reprogrammable communication systems will require use of commercial sub 100 nm electronics. Legacy radiation tolerant circuits fail to provide Single Event Upset (SEU) immunity at speeds greater than 500 MHz. New base level logic circuits are needed to provide SEU immunity… more
Hyper-Elevation Modeling of Terrain, Topography, and Urban Environments
Company: COGNITICS, INC. Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: Recent advances in technology have exposed enough computing power in easily available hardware that geometry synthesis algorithms that we were previously prohibitively compute-intensive are now a possibility. There is significant untapped potential in this area that so far has gone underutilized in… more
SBIR Phase I: Four-way Catalytic Converter for Lean Burn Diesel Engines
Company: GoNano Technologies Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of a novel four-way catalytic converter for lean burn diesel applications that is based on high-surface area nanomaterials applied directly to the inner walls of existing catalytic… more
SBIR Phase I: Photochemical reactor for CO2 separation in carbon capture process
Company: Pearlhill Technologies, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 1Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will prove the feasibility of using a photolytic process to separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from monoethanolamine (MEA) scrubbers for carbon capture in power plants. This innovation is based on verified studies showing that photolysis… more
SBIR Phase II: NIFUT Technology for recycling fluorides from Uranium Tetrafluoride
Company: Pearlhill Technologies, LLC Agency/Program/Year/Phase: NSF / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to significantly expand the number of marketable compounds that can be converted from depleted uranium tetrafluoride (DUF4). DUF4 is produced by the reduction of depleted hexafluoride (DUF6), the largest and one of the most… more
Modeling to Quantify Improved Durability of Superfinish Gear Processing
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / STTR / 2011 / 1Abstract: Under this STTR, Sentient Corporation, along with the Ohio State University GearLab as a research partner, will develop a probabilistic physics-based damage modeling tool for the simulation of superfinished gear components. This model will consider critical surface, material, and load parameters for… more
Spline Health Prognosis via Physics Based Modeling Coupled with Component Level Tests
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: Sentient will develop enhanced fretting fatigue analysis software with rigorous consideration of surface roughness effects in the stick/slip phenomena and fatigue. This will be coupled with an analysis of the stresses and resulting degradation in the material. Sentient will utilize diagnostic data… more
Prognostic&Health Management (PHM) Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)Optimized PHM System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Company: Sentient Corporation Agency/Program/Year/Phase: DOD / SBIR / 2011 / 2Abstract: Sentient will develop a unique and innovative prognostics and health management architecture, called SAGEmaintainer for Navy unmanned aerial system (UAS). SAGEmaintainer is a three part solution for PHM on unmanned systems. First is the PHM open architecture system does not rely on pilot feedback,… more