VIRGINIA DIODES, INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: S1
VIRGINIA DIODES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,977
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- S1
- Solicitation
- SBIR_18_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2019-02-15
Description
<p style="margin-left:5pt; margin-right:0in">This proposal is responsive to NASA SBIR Subtopic S1.03: Technologies for Passive Microwave Remote Sensing; specifically the last bullet item related to GaAs Schottky diode harmonic mixers for the 2-5 THz frequency band. Through this proposed SBIR project, VDI seeks to extend the performance of high-quality harmonic mixers to frequencies up to 5 THz; with the primary goal of meeting the requirements of planned and future NASA missions. This effort will focus primarily on second and fourth harmonic mixers which will use advanced circuit designs and fabrication technologies to maintain low conversion loss while also reducing the complexity of the local oscillator source.</p>