TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Antenna Arraying Capable of Handling Very High Data Rates In Real Time (GSC-TOPS-296)

NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA is increasingly designing payloads that require telecommunication transmissions. These payloads increase the competition for telecommunication bandwidth between space and earth. However, increasing the transmission data rate leads to a higher noise to signal ratios. The innovation is an antenna design that enables large amounts of data to be sent and received at a high data rate.The HDRSC hardware implementation employs the latest cutting edge silicon technologies to calculate the time delay between signals of spatially disparate antennas. After first converting the incoming signals to the digital domain, the unit

determines the time difference between the antenna arrivals. Knowing the time delay to within utmost accuracy, the unit while still in the digital domain adds the signals. The resulting coherently combined signal is then converted back to the analog domain. Updates to the time difference estimates are accomplished on the order of milliseconds so the whole process can be completed in real time during a spacecraft pass.To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/GSC-TOPS-296If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA’s Technology Transfer Program at Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this beta.SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/These responses are provided to members of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.