HYPRES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: N092-154

HYPRES INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$2,024,755
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
N092-154
Solicitation
2009.2
NAICS
Place of performance
NY
Period
2013-06-28 → 2016-09-30

Description

The objective of this project is to develop a novel superconductor-semiconductor hybrid pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that provides up to 30 dB dynamic range extension over the state-of-the-art. The pipelined ADC architecture includes both superconductor and semiconductor analog-to-digital converters and mixed-signal inter-range circuitry. The motivation behind this superconductor-semiconductor hybrid-technology approach is to circumvent the limitations of each technology while taking full benefits of their respective strengths. In addition to developing the ADC, the input/output subsystem of the cryocooled digital-RF receiver will be improved to deliver the best performance from the high-dynamic range ADC.