Defense Tech Briefs - October 2010

Features

• Feature Articles

  Advances in High-Frequency PCB Materials

  Specifying Components for Space Applications

• Tech Transfer Reports

  Software Fuses Radar and Sensor Data

  Data-Driven Prognostics Software Predicts Deformation and Failure

  Microgames for Proactive Preventative Medicine

  Processing System Detects and Monitors Human Behavior in Crowds

• Products

  USB Interface Device

  Tracking Application

  Silicone Tape

  Rugged Tablet Computer

  High-Voltage Amplifiers

  Thin-Film Chip Resistors

  Sight Glass

Tech Briefs

• Electronics & Computers

  Magnetic Random Access Memory Integrated Passive Components

  Differential Amplifier Circuits Based on Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNTFETs)

• Photonics

  AlInGaN Bandgap and Doping Engineering for Visible Laser Diodes

  Photorefractive Polymers for Updatable 3D Displays

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Membrane Pump for Synthetic Muscle Actuation

  Nonlinear, High-Fidelity, Aeroelastic Analysis for Novel Configurations

• Information Sciences

  Flexible Computing Architecture for Real-Time Skin Detection

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Shape Memory Polymer Process Development

  Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Organic Thin-Film Solar Cells

• Physical Sciences

  Forehead-Mounted Sensor Measures Oxygen Saturation for Hypoxia Early Detection and Warning

  Manifold-Based Image Understanding

  Battery Electrolyte Level Detector Apparatus

• Products

  RF Vector Network Analyzer

  Radio Telemetry System

  Cable Connectors

  Microwave Switch Platform

  Dual-Band Antenna

  RF Diagnostic Chamber

  Electric Field Probe

  RF Antenna Switches

  RF/IF Digitizer

  Dipole Antennas

  AC-to-DC Converter

  ISM Band Transceiver

• Articles

  Passive Devices Designed to Improve Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Defense Electronics

  Reliable EMI Shielding Materials and RF Cable Assemblies Ensure High Performance for Handheld Test Instruments