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High Power Wide Bandgap Engineered MMW MMIC Transceiver

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 4)

Description

During this phase I SBIR effort unique proven lattice and bandgap engineering techniques will be utilized to epitaxially grow InAlAs / InGaAs on GaN substrate for the design and fabrication of high power reconfigurable transceiver single MMIC.

Benefits

Satellite communication and automotive radar

High power Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPA) upto 50W with power combiners. High power X-band through Ka-Band radar / transceiver MMIC

Details

Technology areaCommunications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems > Radio Frequency > Power Efficiency
ProgramSmall Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR)
Lead organizationTLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Start date2010-01-29
End date2010-07-29

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