SBIR-STTR Award

Advance Wide Band Gap Solar Cell Bypass and String Blocking Diode Development
Award last edited on: 1/13/20

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$149,990
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
AF182-069
Principal Investigator
Ratnakar D Vsipute

Company Information

Blue Wave Semiconductors Inc

6208 Three Apple Downs
Columbia, MD 21045
   (301) 706-8833
   info@bluewavesemi.com
   www.bluewavesemi.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Howard

Phase I

Contract Number: FA9453-19-P-0588
Start Date: 1/15/19    Completed: 1/15/20
Phase I year
2019
Phase I Amount
$149,990
Advancements in spacecraft solar array technologies require radiation hard, high temperature discrete diodes for cell bypass protection and string blocking diodes. High temperature, high voltage, and radiation hard diodes can handle larger solar cells (>30cm2) and flex blankets where bypass diodes may experience temperatures beyond which silicon based or conventional diode technology is not suitable. Wide band gap hybrid diode technology will be reliable to operate long time in space environment where diodes are likely to experience significantly higher radiation environments. Blue Wave semiconductors proposed hybrid wide band gap heterostructure diode technology is radiation hard, capable of handling high temperature and high power, reliable, low-cost and ease of integrate in space power solar cell technologies.wide bad gap semiconductors,Schottky diode,Solar Cell Bypass diode,String Blocking Diode,space power electronics,radiation hard diodes,diamond,SiC

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