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DateAgencyPIIDNAICSDescriptionAmount
Jun 23, 2020Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0643541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$402K
Mar 24, 2020Department of the InteriorIBC ACQ SVCS DIRECTORATE (00004)140D0420C0020541715EXPEDITIONARY MARITIME MINE COUNTERMEASURES$323K
Mar 19, 2020Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833519C0485541715PROGRESS REPORT "IGF::OT::IGF"$100K
Mar 10, 2020Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APGW91CRB19C0012541715SEQUENTIAL PHASE II SBIR.$497K
Jan 29, 2020Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0643541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$402K
Dec 4, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833520C0134541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SBIR PH 2$375K
Nov 4, 2019Department of DefenseDLA LAND AND MARITIMESPE7L720P06403353128506954046!POWER SUPPLY$10K
Sep 4, 2019Department of DefenseNUWC DIV NEWPORTN6660419P2399541330ENGINEERING SERVICES$240K
Aug 13, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0197541715REDUCED SHIELDING, RUGGED, SCALABLE-ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER FOR FISSION-POWER SYSTEMS$749K
Aug 7, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0501541715FAST TRANSIENT RESPONSE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CONVERTER FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS$125K
Jul 29, 2019Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVKFA945319C0669927110HIGH-TEMPERATURE, RADIATION-HARD AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY DC-DC CONVERTERS FOR SPACE$750K
Jul 19, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0547541715QORTEK IS PROPOSING A REMARKABLE DESIGN OF A SUBCOMPACT SOLID-STATE (TEXTURED CERAMIC) ACTUATED XENON FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT FEEDS A HEATERLESS CATHODE ASSEMBLY.$125K
Jul 15, 2019Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOMW56HZV19C0106541715SBIR PH I$108K
Jul 10, 2019Department of DefenseCOMMANDERM6785417C6507541712IGF::OT::IGF R&D: HIGH VOLTAGE ANTENNA PROTECTION$250K
Jun 11, 2019Department of DefenseNUWC DIV NEWPORTN6660419P2185541330ENGINEERING SERVICES$110K
Jun 6, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833519C0485541715PROGRESS REPORT "IGF::OT::IGF"$140K
May 29, 2019Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q18C0104541715ARMY SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (SBIR) PHASE II$505K
May 8, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833519C0343541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT "IGF::OT::IGF"$1000K
Mar 20, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0477541715PROGRESS REPORT IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Mar 13, 2019Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APGW91CRB19C0012541715SEQUENTIAL PHASE II SBIR.$495K
Feb 22, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0508541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Feb 14, 2019Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0643541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$440K
Sep 26, 2018Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q18C0104541715ARMY SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (SBIR) PHASE II$505K
Sep 14, 2018Department of DefenseDCSO PHILADELPHIASP470118P0062561790IGF::OT::IGF!8505005601!SERVICES - BASIC$100K
Aug 31, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0643541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$1.2M
Aug 3, 2018Department of DefenseNUWC DIV NEWPORTN6660418P2063541330SERVICES TO FURTHER DEVELOP A DIRECT DRIVE POWER AMPLIFIER.$149K
Jul 19, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2082541715ALL SPACE MISSIONS UTILIZE LOW-VOLTAGE POWER FOR SMALL SIGNAL, PROCESSOR CORE AND PERIPHERAL SYSTEMS. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH FOR NONISOLATED POINT OF LOAD (POL) CONVERTER SYSTEMS IS TO PERFORM MULTI-STAGE DOWN-CONVERSIONS FROM SPACE BUS DOWN TO 5V, THEN DOWN TO THE LOWER CORE VOLTAGES FOR PROVISION OF POWER TO PROCESSORS AND SMALL-SIGNAL COMPONENTS. WE ARE PROPOSING TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SINGLE-STAGE, MULTIPLE-OUTPUT AEROSPACE GRADE POL CONVERTER THAT REDUCES TOTAL SIZE/WEIGHT COSTS OF SUPPLYING POL VOLTAGES BY UP TO 50%. THE PROPOSED APPROACH IS CENTERED ON A SINGLE INDUCTOR MULTIPLE OUTPUT (SIMO) CONVERTER DESIGN THAT AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER (SWAP) METRICS THOUGHT IMPLEMENTATION OF A HIGH-DENSITY, HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING GAN-BASED POWER ARCHITECTURE COMBINED WITH A CUSTOM RADHARD BY DESIGN ASIC CONTROLLER. THE IMPORTANCE HERE IS THAT A SIMO CONVERTER CAN FURNISH MANY INDEPENDENTLY REGULATED POL OUTPUTS USING A SINGLE POWER STAGE, ELIMINATING ALL BUT A ONE INDUCTOR ACROSS MULTIPLE POL SUPPLIES. THE PROPOSED SIMO CONVERTER APPROACH PRESENTS A MULTI-OUTPUT CONVERTER TOPOLOGY THAT, WHILE ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR MULTIPLE MAGNETIC COMPONENTS, CAN PROVIDE NUMEROUS FULLY-INDEPENDENT, WELL-REGULATED OUTPUTS WITH INDUSTRY LEADING ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE.$125K
Jul 10, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2162541715NASA FISSION SURFACE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS ARE WEIGHT CHALLENGED BASED MOSTLY ON THE VERY CONSERVATIVE RADIATION TOLERANCE SPECIFICATION OF COTS COMPONENTS AND IN TERMS OF LANDER LIMITATIONS FOR SURFACE OPERATIONAL USES. THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE BOTH THE MASS OF THE SHIELDING AND THE AMOUNT OF SHIELDING NECESSARY TO PROTECT POWER AND CONTROL ELECTRONICS. MOREOVER, IT ENABLES FLEXIBILITY OF ADDING ADDITIONAL FISSION POWER SOURCES IN A MANNER THAT MAXIMIZES OVERALL CONVERSION OF POWER GENERATOR OUTPUTS TO MAXIMUM USABLE POWER, EVEN IF ONE UNIT DEGRADES OR FAILS. THE NEW SOLUTION APPROACH LEVERAGES TWO DECADES OF PREVIOUS WORK FOR THE US NAVY IN EXTREMELY HIGH SPECIFIC POWER CONTROLLERS AND POWER SYSTEMS AND RECENT EFFORTS FOR THE ARMY IN EXTREMELY HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER CONVERSION. IN ADDITION, QORTEK WILL USE AND EXPAND ITS CATALOG OF COTS COMPONENT RADIATION RATINGS THROUGH CONTINUED TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. INTEGRATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS SIC AND GAN MOSFETS, MICRO-CHANNEL OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES, AND DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS WILL ENABLE AN UNPARALLELED LEVEL OF SYSTEM CONTROL WHILE PROVIDING A SOLUTION FOCUSED ON EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR LONG DURATION SURFACE POWER MISSIONS. COMBINING STATE OF THE ART POWER AND CONTROL SOLUTIONS WITH VERIFIED RADHARD TEST DATA, QORTEK WILL PROVIDE NASA MISSIONS THE ABILITY TO HAVE MASS EFFECTIVE PMAD SYSTEM HARDWARE WITH MINIMAL PROTECTION THROUGH SHIELDING. THIS NOVEL SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH TO BRASSBOARD HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION IN THE PHASE I AND EXHAUSTIVE TESTING IN PHASE II.$125K
Jul 9, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2074541715MANY EXISTING OR PROPOSED NASA SMALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS WILL REQUIRE HIGH VOLTAGES AT MEDIUM TO HIGH POWER LEVELS TO FUNCTION. SUCH SPACE POWER SUPPLIES ARE GENERALLY BULKY AND LOSSY AND, AS MISSIONS INCREASINGLY MIGRATE TO EVER SMALLER PLATFORMS, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING NEED TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE SIZE/WEIGHT COSTS OF PROVIDING SUCH ON-BOARD POWER ACCESS. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL ADDRESS THIS INCREASINGLY EXPANDING SPACE POWER REQUIREMENT BY DEVELOPING A NEW RADHARD HIGH PERFORMANCE / HIGH VOLTAGE / HIGH POWER (40V TO 2KV AT>94% EFFICIENCY) DC-DC CONVERTER CAPABILITY THAT LEVERAGES NEW AVAILABILITY OF HIGH FREQUENCY (>20 MHZ) POWER MOSFET COMPONENTS. UTILIZING THIS HIGH FREQUENCY SWITCHING ENABLES THE USE OF CORE-LESS INDUCTORS THAT CONSIDERABLY REDUCE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE CONVERTERS; INTEGRATING ADVANCED MAGNETIC MATERIALS WILL EVEN FURTHER REDUCE SIZE/WEIGHT COSTS. THE DESIGN MOREOVER INCORPORATES NEW TUNABLE FILTER TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH A TUNABLE MATCHING NETWORK AS TO PROVIDE FOR A FAR LARGER NEAR-OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE WINDOW THAN IS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TO ANY NASA (SWITCHING) DESIGN WHICH INTRODUCES SIGNIFICANT AGILITY TO BE USED ACROSS A WIDE-RANGE OF NASA MISSION NEEDS AND HAS POTENTIALLY WIDE IMPACT TO ALL NASA CONVERTER DESIGNS.$125K
Jul 9, 2018Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q17C0130541712IGF::OT::IGF ARMY PHASE I SOLICITATION 2017.1, TOPIC A17-008, SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT WORK ENTITLED, "TUNABLE TEXTURED COMPOSITES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT POWER SYSTEMS."$50K
Jun 27, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0182541715THE PROPOSED PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF LACK OF COMMONALITY ACROSS SMALLSAT PLATFORM POWER MANAGEMENT. THE DREPS AIMS TO IMPROVE MODULARITY, SCALABILITY, AND EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SPACECRAFT AND CUBESAT POWER SYSTEMS (UP TO 100W) BY IMPLEMENTING A NOVEL RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE THAT INTEGRATES HIGH RELIABILITY COMPONENTS AND NOVEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE OPERATION IN EXTREME RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS. INTEGRATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS GALLIUM NITRIDE MOSFETS, MICRO-CHANNEL OSCILLATING HEAT PIPES, AND DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS WILL ENABLE AN UNPARALLELED LEVEL OF SYSTEM CONTROL WHILE PROVIDING A SOLUTION FOCUSED ON EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR LONG DURATION SPACE MISSIONS. THE DREPS INCLUDES DIGITALLY CONTROLLED POWER ARCHITECTURE PROVIDING 20+ CONFIGURABLE SWITCHED OUTPUT SERVICES THAT CAN BE COMMANDED BY ANY DESIRED SPACE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL (I2C, SPI, CAN, SPACEWIRE). COMPATIBILITY WITH NEW ELECTRIC PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE ADDITION OF QORTEK S RECENT ADVANCES IN HIGH VOLTAGE PIEZOCERAMIC-BASED POWER CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY. INTEGRATION OF CUTTING EDGE THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE ADAPTIVE RETENTION OR REJECTION OF HEAT AS A FULLY INTEGRAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM S PACKAGING THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THERMAVANT TECHNOLOGIES. AN ARRAY OF CONFIGURABLE MPPT BATTERY CONTROL REGULATORS WILL ALLOW COMPATIBILITY WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE. THE GOAL OF PHASE II IS TO ACHIEVE A MODULAR SMALLSAT POWER SYSTEM BASED ON MATRIX INTERCONNECTIVITY OF SMALL POWER CONVERTERS (CELLS) THAT IS UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE TO SMALL SATELLITE PLATFORMS AND MISSIONS. THE WORK PLAN WILL EXIT WITH FULLY TESTED U SOLUTION THAT IS IMMEDIATELY APPLICABLE TO ALL THREE TARGET MARKETS OF RUGGEDIZED COTS (LEO), RADIATION TOLERANT (MEO/GEO) AND LONG DURATION HIGH RELIABILITY (HIGH-REL) AS VENDOR PROJECTED PRODUCT AVAILABILITIES ARE REALIZED.$755K
Jun 13, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0508541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$130K
May 17, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0477541715PROGRESS REPORT IGF::OT::IGF$130K
Mar 20, 2018Department of DefenseDCSO PHILADELPHIASP470118P0062561790IGF::OT::IGF!8505005601!SERVICES - BASIC$100K
Sep 26, 2017Department of DefenseCOMMANDERM6785417C6507541712IGF::OT::IGF R&D: HIGH VOLTAGE ANTENNA PROTECTION$500K
Aug 25, 2017Department of DefenseMISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)HQ014717C7345541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D$998K
Aug 16, 2017Department of DefenseNUWC DIV NEWPORTN6660417P1720541330IGF::OT::IGF DIRECT DRIVE POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN&TEST$149K
Jul 18, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q17C0130541712IGF::OT::IGF ARMY PHASE I SOLICITATION 2017.1, TOPIC A17-008, SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT WORK ENTITLED, "TUNABLE TEXTURED COMPOSITES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT POWER SYSTEMS."$105K
Jun 15, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APGW91CRB15C0030335999IGF::OT::IGF SMART AUTONOMOUS WARFIGHTER POWER CONVERTER$850K
May 26, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CG63P541712IGF::OT::IGF THE PROPOSED ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM (EPS) AIMS TO IMPROVE MODULARITY, SCALABILITY, AND EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SPACECRAFT AND CUBESAT POWER SYSTEMS (UP TO 100W) BY IMPLEMENTING A NOVEL DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE CONVERTER ARCHITECTURE THAT INTEGRATES HIGH RELIABILITY COMPONENTS AND NOVEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE SAFE OPERATION IN EXTREME RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS. THE NEW DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM (DREPS) FULLY FEATURED SMALL-SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM MODULAR ARCHITECTURE INCORPORATES A NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ENABLING A SOLUTION THAT IS CAPABLE OF INPUT AND OUTPUT POWER LEVELS UP TO 100W IN A 0.5U CUBESAT FORM FACTOR. INTEGRATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS WIDE BANDGAP MOSFETS, HEAT PIPES, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) INTEGRATED PLANAR MAGNETICS, DIGITAL SYSTEM CONTROL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCUIT LAYOUT TECHNIQUES WILL AID IN THE ABILITY TO DELIVER AN UNPARALLELED LEVEL OF SYSTEM CONTROL WHILE PROVIDING A SOLUTION FOCUSED ON EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR LONG DURATION SPACE MISSIONS. THE NEW APPROACH ALSO PROVIDES SOLUTION FOR PROPOSED NEW ELECTRIC PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES VIA RECENT ADVANCES IN HIGH VOLTAGE CERAMIC-BASED POWER CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY. INTEGRATION OF CUTTING EDGE THERMAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY WILL ENABLE ADAPTIVE RETENTION OR REJECTION OF HEAT AS A FULLY INTEGRAL PORTION OF THE SYSTEM PACKAGING. ADDITIONALLY, AN ARRAY OF CONFIGURABLE MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING (MPPT) BATTERY CONTROL REGULATORS (BCR) WILL ALLOW COMPATIBILITY WITH ALL AVAILABLE INDUSTRY STANDARD SOLAR CELLS AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES.$124K
Feb 8, 2017Department of DefenseCOMMANDERM6785416C6515541712SBIR PHASE I RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TOPIC N153-126. IGF::OT::IGF$70K
Sep 27, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002415C4019541712BASE IGF::OT::IGF$500K
Aug 16, 2016Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOMW56HZV16C0159541712IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Aug 16, 2016Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOMW56HZV16C0156541712IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Aug 5, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX14CC10C541712IGF::OT::IGF THE PROGRAM DELIVERS A COMPLETELY NEW TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION TO ISOLATION AND SENSING OF POWER FLOW (CURRENT AND VOLTAGE). BASED ON STRICTION MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY, THESE SMALL ISOLATION AND SENSING DEVICES REPLACE OPTO-ISOLATION, HALL-EFFECT AND MAGNETIC TRANSFORMER ISOLATION AND SENSING WITH A LOWER COST AND LOWER RISK SOLUTION. THE ELIMINATION OF OPTICAL, PROCESSOR AND MAGNETIC COMPONENTS IN THE DESIGN MEANS THAT THESE DEVICES ARE INHERENTLY BOTH RAD HARD AND EMI IMMUNE. THE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES SUPERIOR VOLTAGE ISOLATION (GROUND LOOP ELIMINATION) IN A SMALLER PACKAGE SIZE. THEY ALSO WILL BE CAPABLE OF RELIABLY OPERATING OVER SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER TEMPERATURE RANGES (-55C TO 200C) THAN IS READILY AVAILABLE TO MOST NASA MISSIONS.$150K
Jul 25, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CC26P541712"IGF::OT::IGF" THE PHASE II EXPANDED PHASE IIX WILL BEGIN WITH AN IN-DEPTH DESIGN REVIEW OF THE BASELINE PHASE II BASE PHASE II DEMONSTRATED VOLTAGE SENSOR VSENSE PROTOTYPES. THE EFFORT WILL HAVE A VERY EARLY ON SITE REVIEW WITH NASA GLENN ASTEROID REDIRECT ROBOTIC MISSION ARRM AND RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEMS RPS PROJECT STAFF. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WILL BE AN AS TO DIRECT THE PHASE IIX STRONGEST EFFORT TOWARD IDENTIFIED MISSION GOALS FOR WHICH THESE NEW SENSOR CAPABILITIES HAVE THEIR HIGH IMPACT. AN IMPORTANT INTERNAL TECHNICAL GOAL PARALLEL OF THIS JOINT REVIEW WITH NASA ARRM AND NASA RPS WILL BE TO IDENTIFY WHICH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE FINALIZED PHASE II DESIGN COULD BENEFIT FROM IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR RADIATION TOLERANCE AND AEROSPACE GRADE ENVIRONMENTAL RUGGEDNESS. A PARALLEL MANUFACTURE REVIEW WILL ALSO BE UNDERTAKEN WITH THE GOAL OF STREAMLINING THE ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION PROCESS FOR THE PLANNED LOW RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION LRIP OF THE VSENSE DEVICES.$75K
Jun 16, 2016Department of DefenseNUWC DIV NEWPORTN6660416P1495541712IGF::OT::IGF; AMPLIFIER TRADE STUDY$99K
Apr 27, 2016Department of DefenseCOMMANDERM6785416C6515541712SBIR PHASE I RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TOPIC N153-126. IGF::OT::IGF$79K
Apr 25, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CC11C541712IGF::OT::IGF A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE NASA/NRC TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP IS TO DEVELOP POWER ELECTRONIC BUILDING BLOCK (PEBB) DEVICES THAT CAN FUNCTION IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS. NASA?S STATED AIM IS TO USE HIGH POWER DENSITY/HIGH EFFICIENCY PEBB DEVICES TO STREAMLINE DESIGN AND INTRODUCE SIZE, WEIGHT, COST AND EFFICIENCY SAVINGS. THE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE IS TO DESIGN SUCH PEBB DEVICES THAT USE MATERIALS THAT CAN FUNCTION IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS. THE PROPOSED HIGH POWER DENSITY/HIGH EFFICIENCY PEBB SOLUTION EMPLOYS CERAMICS, STRICTION MATERIALS AND WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS AS TO MEET THESE EXTREME ENVIRONMENT OPERATION CHALLENGES. THIS DESIGN ELIMINATES TRANSFORMER MAGNETICS AND OPTO-ISOLATORS (REQUIRED FOR GALVANIC ISOLATION) AND ELIMINATES EXTERNAL CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS AS TO PROVIDE LOWER COMPLEXITY, ENHANCED PERFORMANCE, AND MUCH HIGHER SWAP SPECIFICATIONS THAN CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THESE ?SMART? PEBBS INCORPORATING NEW DESIGN AND NOVEL MATERIALS CAN NOW PROVIDE NASA DESIGN ENGINEERS WITH A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF SELF-MONITORING CAPABILITIES AS TO INCLUDE VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND TEMPERATURE SELF-SENSING AT THE DEVICE JUNCTION LEVEL. THESE WILL ENABLE ROBUST PROGNOSTICS, POWER RECONFIGURATION, AND ADVANCED CONTROL METHODS TO BE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED AND TESTED.$755K

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