NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: NGA192-001
NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,631
- Agency
- Department of Defense · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- NGA192-001
- Solicitation
- 19.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- HI
- Period
- 2020-04-29 → 2021-02-03
Description
In this proposed effort, NSL will seek to study the cost-benefit of different features leveraging the developments NSL has achieved for fast digitization, as seen in Figure 1. Based on the results of the study, NSL will design and prototype a fast digitizer design. The main technology driver that SEGA will be conceived from is its system on a chip (SoC) application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). These ASICs have built-in digital signal processing and control interfaces that make extremely precise time of flight (ToF) measurements with single-photon-sensitivity (SPS) possible. The integration of sampling and feature extraction onto a single ASIC eliminates the need for an expensive and power-hungry Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), as well as reduce the required printed circuit board (PCB) complexity and size.