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APRIL 19, 12:33 EST
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- U.S. Air Force researchers are looking for new developments in radiation-hardened analog and mixed-signal electronics technology for communications and other missions in space.
A new program of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., seeks to involve teams of universities and companies that are able to design radiation-hardened electronics. The one-year program will cost about $1.1 million, Air Force officials say.
Proposals are due by May 20, 2002. Researchers say they would like to see new research projects in two or more of the following areas:
1) computer simulation tools and design methodologies for system circuit modeling of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) radiation-hard silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor and passive-element circuits suitable for radio frequency (RF) and communications circuit simulations;
2) radiation-hardened SOI analog or mixed signal sub-circuits and architectures for RF, communications, and signal processing;
3) radiation-hardened SOI analog or mixed-signal sub-circuits or architectures capable of adapting to changing applications;
4) integrated simulation tools with the ability to model mixed-mode RF/communications of entire systems-on-a-chip, as well as cost-effective packaging concepts for systems-on-a-chip;
5) predictive radiation-hardening models for total-dose and single-event effects in analog/microwave circuits to allow rapid trade-off between cost, electrical performance, and hardening; and
6) analog and mixed-signal ultra-low power applications, such as body or substrate bias.
Research teams addressing two or more of these areas should consist of U.S. university faculty and students, in partnership with active U.S. industrial manufacturers of radiation-hardened integrated circuits (manufacturers who currently have radiation-hardened circuits commercially available).
One award will go to the industry-university team, which may have more than one university member and more than one commercial manufacturer of radiation-hardened integrated circuits.
Work on this project may be classified up to the Secret level. The contractor who is selected for an award may be required, and then must be eligible to obtain, a Secret facility clearance.
Send proposals by May 20, 2002, to Det 8 AFRL/PKVE, Attn: Maj. Jayne Faris, 2251 Maxwell Ave. SE, Building 424, Kirtland AFB, N.M. 87117-5773. Proposals submitted by fax or e-mail will not be considered.
For more information contact Faris by phone at 505-846-6188, by e-mail at jayne.faris@kirtland.af.mil. Refer technical concerns to Project Manager Capt. Joseph Tringe by phone at 505-846-4049, or by e-mail at joseph.tringe@kirtland.af.mil.
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