RECON RF, INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1
RECON RF, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,992
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S1
- Solicitation
- SBIR_21_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2021-05-20 → 2021-11-19
Description
This proposal will significantly advance Power Added Efficiency (PAE) beyond present-day state-of-the-art SSPAs operating at S-Band in the over 1kW peak output power regime, achieving a TRL 3-4 S-band/ 3.2 GHz solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) module. The greatly enhanced PAE will result in an SSPA with a compact form factor suitable for CubeSat/SmallSat or other NASA remote sensing platforms. The project aims to achieve over 1kW of output power, 50dB of Gain, PAE of no less than 60% and possibly greater than 75% through Recon-RFrsquo;s advanced power amplifier design techniques based on next-generation waveform design capabilities and practices.