NASA CODE C Submillimeter Sensors Program

Industrial Collaborations

Aerojet approached JPL on the possibility of several collaborations in the submillimeter sensors area. One of the areas that they expressed interest in is the planar mixers and multiplier development. Potential collaborations include responding jointly to the NIST ATP, the NASA AITP, and the ARPA TRP calls for proposal.

Technical Collaboration Agreements (TCAs). Two TCAs are under consideration

BNN multiplier development for grid arrays with Innovative Research and Technologies
Planar diode mixer development with Aerojet.

STTRs. Two STTR proposals were submitted with JPL collaboration that involve technology developed in this program.

Thickness measuring system for dielectrics using submillimeter interferogram by Millitech Corp.
Millimeter-wave power device development by Starcomm, Inc.

SBIRs (Phase II)

Space Qualified Submillimeter Radiometer, Milltech Corporation, Phase II (1987).
Local Oscillators for Millimeter and Submillimeter Radiometers, Millitech Corporation, Phase II (1988).
A Microwave Network Analyzer for SIS Mixer Research, MetriWave Inc, (Dynamics Technology), Phase II (1989).
Solid-State Multiplier Sources to 3000 GHz, Innovative Research & Technology, Phase II (1991).
A High Power, Wide Band Synthesized Source for 90 GHz, Millitech Corporation, Phase II (1993).
Development of a 1 GHz, 56 Channel, Low-Power, Single-Chip, CMOS Digital Correlator Spectrometer, Spaceborne Inc., Phase II (1993).
A Compact, Space-Qualified 2.5 THz Local Oscillator Source for the Study of Ozone Chemistry, Innovative Research & Technology, Phase II (1994).

SBIRs (Phase I)

Space Qualified Submillimeter Radiometer, Milltech Corporation, Phase I (1985).
Applications of High-Temperature Superconductors in Monolithic Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits, Microwave Monolithics Incorporated, Phase I (1987).
A Microwave Network Analyzer for SIS Mixer Research, MetriWave Inc, (Dynamics Technology), Phase I (1987).
Wide band Acoustic-Optic Spectrometer, Photonic Systems Incorporated, Phase I (1989).
Wideband Acoustic-Optic Spectra Analyzer, Aurora Associates, Phase I (1990).
Solid-State Multiplier Sources to 3000 GHz, Innovative Research & Technology, Phase I (1990).
A High Power, Wide Band Synthesized Source for 90 GHz, Millitech Corporation, Phase I (1991).
Development of a 1 GHz, 56 Channel, Low-power, Single-Chip, CMOS Digital Correlator Spectrometer, Spaceborne Inc., Phase I (1991).
2 GHz Bandwidth, 2000 Channel Acousto-Optic Bragg Cell and Spectrometer Development, Photonic Systems Incorporated, Phase I (1993).
A Compact, Space-Qualified 2.5 THz Local Oscillator Source for the Study of Ozone Chemistry, Innovative Research & Technology, Phase I (1993).
A Superconducting 10 GHz 2-bit Digitizer for Radio Astronomy, Hypress, Inc., Phase I (1994).