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ELMSFORD, N.Y., August 16, 2004. HYPRES, Inc., a leading developer of Superconducting MicroElectronics (SME) technology, received authorization from the Office of Naval Research to proceed to the final implementation phase for the development of the industry's first All-Digital Receiver. The authorization comes as a result of HYPRES' successful completion of the project's Critical Design Review phase.
HYPRES is developing the All-Digital Receiver through an $8 million Small Business Innovative Research Phase III contract with the Office of Naval Research. The company anticipates the completion and delivery of an All-Digital Receiver demonstration system later this year.
The All-Digital Receiver is designed to directly digitize and process multiple Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) waveforms simultaneously from a single, wideband digital sample processed at extremely high speed. Thanks to its SME-based Digital-RFTM technology, HYPRES is combining analog-to-digital and digital signal processing within the receiver, with all circuits running at 40 GHz clock speed-an industry first.
"With its outstanding speed and accuracy, and its ability to make obsolete most analog front-end components, the All-Digital Receiver will greatly improve the performance of JTRS and other DoD communications systems," said Richard Hitt, VP/GM for Government Systems at HYPRES. "The technology also provides the opportunity for significant reductions in system cost, size, weight, and power consumption."
SME technology brings the power of digital processing to the RF domain, explained Hitt. "It represents a change in the basic paradigm of wireless communications that will revolutionize the industry and the markets."
DoD contractors and commercial wireless infrastructure providers interested in technical briefings and demonstrations of the All-Digital Receiver can contact HYPRES at 914-592-1190, ext. 7794, or express their interests online at www.hypres.com.
Most recently, HYPRES conducted a briefing and demonstration for the government, which included a design overview, live SME circuit operations, hands-on hardware and software displays, and a tour of the company's newly upgraded design facility and SME foundry--the only commercial SME foundry in the world.
"Through efforts such as this, ONR is supporting the Department of Defense goal of seamless communication. HYPRES' All-Digital Receiver enables field-testing by a program office of a superconductive, software-defined RF system directly relevant to military communications," said Deborah Van Vechten, Ph.D., technical representative at the Office of Naval Research.
"In addition, the All-Digital Receiver will serve as a modular platform for testing other ongoing and planned advances of the technology sponsored by ONR and the Army. As such, the All-Digital Receiver can evolve into several prototypes suitable for evaluation and selection by acquisition programs."
The All-Digital Receiver is leading to the development of HYPRES' All-Digital Transceiver product line-which combines reception and transmission functions packaged in a compact, rugged form factor-for JTRS, SATCOM, Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and commercial wireless communications applications. HYPRES is currently working closely with the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Missile Defense Agency in this effort.
The All Digital-RFTM Receiver -- which promises outstanding performance at a fraction of the cost of traditional multi-channel receiver systems -- is made possible thanks to the development of Superconducting MicroElectronics. Superconducting MicroElectronics exceeds performance levels of conventional semiconductor technologies through direct high speed digitization of incoming RF signals and subsequent unparalleled ultra-high speed digital signal processing. Potential applications for the All Digital-RFTM Receiver include satellite communications, signal intelligence, electronic warfare, and radar systems.
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