MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N171-086

MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$229,353
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N171-086
Solicitation
2017.1
NAICS
Place of performance
FL
Period
2017-06-01 → 2018-10-01

Description

Matching circuit power inductor(s) (PI) applied between sonar senders and silicon-crystal-oscillator (SCO) reduce the sonar senders required output power by matching the senders output impedance to the input impedance of the SCO. Mainstream has developed a unique method of increasing the heat transfer rate from the PIs core and reducing its size, weight, and power. In addition, a novel winding technique is applied to the new PI design that allows more windings per layer, further decreasing PI size and reducing the PIs stray capacitance. Lowering the PIs stray capacitance extends the PIs bandwidth and minimizes its distortion level.