Frequency control is a major part of communication, radar, electronic warfare, navigation and telemetry systems. Recent advances in microwave integrated circuits has significantly reduced the size and cost of amplifying and other active components through MIMIC and other DoD program inititatives. Relatively little effort has been directed towards reducing the size of passive frequency control components used in conjunction with microwave integrated circuits in electronic systems. This proposed program addresses the problem of miniature RF components using the Thin Film Resonator (TFR) technology. The TFR technology embodies a broad class of frequency selective devices offering significant size and performance benefits over other present filtering technologies limits the overall system size reductions resulting from higher levels of circuit integration possible with present MMIC technology. The TFR technology is synergistic with MMIC technologies, providing a mechanism for pursuing advanced concept chips and module developments that offer a potentially high payoff to future systems. This proposal is for a 24 month Phase II SBIR technical program designed to leverage the recently completed Phase I SBIR program and the enabling capabilities of the TFR technology to address the objectives of the Department of Defense's SBIR initiative A90-109, "MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE-ACOUSTIC DEVICES".
Keywords: FREQUENCY CONTROL FILTERS MICROELECTRONICS CRYSTALS MICROWAVE THIN FILMS PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR
