SBIR-STTR Award

Improved Proton Radiation hardened VLWIR HgCdTe Photodiode Technology
Award last edited on: 7/11/2007

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : MDA
Total Award Amount
$849,852
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
MDA04-057
Principal Investigator
Honnavalli R Vydyanath

Company Information

AVYD Devices

2925 College Avenue Unit A-01
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
   (714) 751-8553
   vydyanath@aol.com
   N/A
Location: Single
Congr. District: 48
County: Orange

Phase I

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Phase I year
2004
Phase I Amount
$99,852
AVYD DEVICES, Inc. proposes a program to address MDA's need to develop innovative electronic hardening concepts and technologies for current and next generation multi-color LWIR and VLWIR detectors. In Phase I, we plan to demonstrate the feasibility of our approach to harden VLWIR HgCdTe to proton radiation. In Phase II, we plan to demonstrate proton radiation hardened dual wave band VLWIR HgCdTe detectors

Phase II

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Start Date: ----    Completed: ----
Phase II year
2006
Phase II Amount
$750,000
In Phase II, AVYD DEVICES plans to demonstrate the radiation hardened single wave band and dual wave band VLWIR HgCdTe focal plane arrays (FPAs) with fabrication, characterization and delivery to MDA, of 256X256 arrays hybridized to Si Read Out Integration Chips.

Keywords:
Vlwir Hgcdte, Dual Waveband, Radiation Hard, Proton Radiation