SBIR-STTR Award

Innovative Phase Shifter Utilizing Nonreciprocal Phase Shifter
Award last edited on: 3/19/2003

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
NSF
Total Award Amount
$100,000
Award Phase
1
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Principal Investigator
Hoton How

Company Information

Hotech Inc

262 Clifton Street
Belmont, MA 02478
   (617) 484-8444
   hotonhow@hotech.com
   www.hotech.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Middlesex

Phase I

Contract Number: 0213924
Start Date: 7/1/2002    Completed: 12/31/2002
Phase I year
2002
Phase I Amount
$100,000
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project addresses the development of Innovative Phase Shifter Utilizing Nonreciprocal Resonator. In a nonreciprocal resonator, such as a ferrite disk, wave propagation is non-degenerate, and the resonant modes all assume at differently frequencies. Thus, for a given resonant mode its phase is unambiguous, allows it to be coupled out providing the function of a phase shifter. Phase shift obtained in this manner is uniform, and the operation is independent of the phase angle obtained. The phase shifter for this project will be compact in size, providing 360 degrees phase angle with low insertion loss. Furthermore, it allows for circuit minimization facilitating fabrication as a large array. Potential commercial applications include Low-cost, small-volume collision avoidance radar capable of beam steering

Phase II

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Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
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