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Testing String Pot
The MT3A testing string pot for high-acceleration test applications in potentially wet environments is available from Celesco Transducer Products (Chatsworth, CA). The string pot is available in 3, 9, 15, and 30" stroke...
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Single-Board Computer
GE Intelligent Platforms (Charlottesville, VA) has announced the IMP3A, a 3U CompactPCI single-board computer featuring dual-core QorIQ™ processor technology from Freescale™. The IMP3A combines the processor with a...
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Data Recording and Playback System
PT (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) offers the MPR2000 radar and sensor data recording/playback system that enables integrators to expand their existing air traffic control recording systems and build IP-based...
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Coatings and Optics
Precision Glass & Optics (Santa Ana, CA) offers thin-film coatings, commercial optics, and precision optics for military and defense applications, including plano optical components from prisms to windows, beamsplitters,...
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Battery and Audio Connectors
Mil-Con (Wood Dale, IL) offers a new series of battery connectors and audio connectors. The battery connectors are available in traditional plug/socket contact styles, as well as in circular contact designs....
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Optics Replication
OPCO Laboratory (Fitchburg, MA) provides a proprietary replication process that reproduces complex optics. It transfers the profile of a precision optical surface from a master, creating an exact duplicate on a variety of...
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Line-Scan Camera
X-Scan Imaging Corp. (San Jose, CA) has introduced the XH8800 Series line-scan camera for imaging high-energy x-ray and gamma-ray scanning applications. The camera images large, dense objects such as metal casting and steel...
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Alternative Energy and Propulsion Power for Today's U.S. Military
The U.S. military has the most sophisticated weapons systems in the world, but they are fueled and mechanically powered by old technologies. Given the mission of the U.S....
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Antenna Design Considerations
With the advent of prolific wireless communications applications, system designers are in a position to consider the placement and performance of an antenna system. The first step in establishing antenna...
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Choosing Your RF Design Environment Flow
You can’t build a house without blueprints. So why do so many RF design flows try to build a board without a schematic? Most often, this crude process comes about due to lack of availability of RF...
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Designing a Sensorless Torque Estimator for Direct Torque Control of an Induction Motor
Induction motors often are the preferred choice among industrial motors due to the modern power electronics that improve their speed control. Vitally...
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Development of GaN-Based Nanostructure Photon Emitters
Gallium nitride (GaN)-based wide bandgap semiconductors are very important material systems for fabrication of photon emitters in a wide range of wavelengths. In particular, the light emitters in ultraviolet (UV), blue, and green wavelengths have been developed and demonstrated in recent years....
Briefs Physical Sciences
Through-the-Wall Small Weapon Detection Based on Polarimetric Radar Techniques
Detecting concealed small weapons carried by people has received significant interest from law enforcement agencies as well as the military, most frequently for...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
A Bistable Microelectronic Circuit for Sensing an Extremely Low Electric Field
Bistable systems are prevalently found in many sensor systems. It is well established that a well-designed coupling scheme, together with an appropriate choice of initial conditions, can induce oscillations (i.e. periodic switching between stable fixed points) in...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Fiber-Optic Seismic Sensor for Unattended Ground Sensing
Seismic military sensors are required to be robust, reliable, compact, and easy to install and operate to be effective in the battlefield environment. Three types of sensor technologies...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Reflected Signal Analysis
Forensic characterization of a wireless device is useful in many applications. An example of this is in the testing of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Part 15 devices that must adhere to strict guidelines with...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Threshold Voltage Tuning of Metal-Gate MOSFETs Using an Excimer Laser
This work presents a localized method for tuning the threshold voltages (Vt) of multilayer metal-gate metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices with a spatial area theoretically limited by the wavelength of the laser beam. This technique allows an...
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Solution Deposition Methods for Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors
Extensive research has been done on carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs), which may revolutionize electronics. Single-walled carbon nano-tubes (SWNTs) act as...
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Micro-Propulsion Devices Made of Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics
In the satellite industry, the trend is towards decreasing the size of satellites and clustering of small satellites. Technological advancements in microelectronics have made it more economical to launch a cluster of satellites with a single vehicle rather than the traditional one...
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Analysis of Clustering Tools for Moving Target Indication
Current and future forces operating in urban environments need the capability to detect slow-moving personnel inside buildings. To accomplish this, a time-domain approach was developed that uses a low-frequency, ultra-wideband (UWB) radar with a transmit pulse capable of penetrating through...
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SWIR Lenses
Navitar (Rochester, NY) has introduced a line of SWIR (shortwave infrared) lenses in 16, 25, and 50 mm focal lengths to meet advancements in SWIR technology. The 25- and 50-mm lenses are available with manual or auto iris. The...
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Infrared Imaging Engine
Sofradir EC (Fairfield, NJ) offers a line of infrared imaging engines based on cryogenically cooled MCT detectors. The engines can be integrated into a wide range of electro-optical systems. A variety of models is...
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Microcomponent Manufacturing
RepExact LLC (Gastonia, NC) offers specialty precision and microcomponents, including sensor housings manufactured by Tectri SA. The stainless steel components have a barrel drilled to a wall thickness at the end of 0.0004".
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Motion System
Newport Corp. (Irvine, CA) offers the HXP100 Hexapod 6 DOF, a parallel kinematic motion system that utilizes field-proven actuators. The coordinate system allows flexibility in programming complex motions. It is used for...
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Multiplexer Modules
Aeroflex (Plainview, NY) offers HiRel Analog Multiplexer Mod ules for sending multiple signals to subsystems for monitoring. The Mini MUX8520/21/22/23 are rated for 300 krads with LET of 120 MeV/cm2/mg. The new units offer...
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Optic and Micro-Optic Lenses
JENOPTIK Optical Systems (Jupiter, FL) offers optic and micro-optic solutions for a broad range of infrared applications. Micro-optic IR solutions include diffractive and refractive solutions from materials...
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Optical Coatings
Deposition Sciences (Santa Rosa, CA) has introduced optical coatings on plastic materials and substrates. The new optical thin-film coatings can be deposited on materials such as Ultem®, Zeonex®, and a variety of...
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Robot Stereo Vision Kit
Polaris Sensor Technologies (Huntsville, AL) has developed a stereo vision upgrade kit for the TALON IV robot, the basis of which is a flat-panel Polariz3D 3D display integrated into the TALON operator control unit. The...
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Laser
RPMC (O’Fallon,MO) has introduced the Tactical Illuminator Designator (TID) laser. The initial configuration is a 50-mJ, 1064-nm/20-mJ, 1.57-um laser with ~3 ns pulses at up to 100 Hz. A higher energy 150 mJ version with longer pulses...
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