Transmit/Receive Module Design for Military and Commercial Applications
7pm Wed. 20 March 2013, Rick Sturdivant, President of Reliant Lab Systems Inc, discusses applications, key components, design issues, and manufacturing of these components at Ciao Wireless, 4000 Via Pescador, Camarillo, CA.
Abstract
Phased Arrays with T/R modules, ubiquitous in military radar systems, are now entering deployment for numerous commercial systems. The military often uses Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for airborne, ground based, & ship borne systems. As the heart of most AESA radars the T/R module can potentially account for 40-70% of the system cost.
Rick will cover the design trades, packaging, thermal, and electrical interconnects used in phased arrays and T/R modules. Comparisons on brick modules, tile modules, panel arrays & the packaging of MMIC devices for radar systems will be presented. The heart of the talk will be the “10 key elements to a successful T/R module.” If you are a designer, manager or executive responsible for the development of phased arrays, these topics will be important to you.
About the Speaker
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Rick Sturdivant is President of Reliant Lab Systems, Inc.which develops T/R modules and phased arrays for commercial and military systems. His 22+ years of experience developing products for microwave and mm-wave applications include high volume telecom modules, point-to-point radio systems, modules for radar receiver exciters, and T/R modules for AESAs. He was instrumental in developing the world’s first tile array T/R modules in the mid 1990’s for which he received the Engineering Excellence Award from Hughes Aircraft Company. Balancing the costly side, he has also developed low cost panel phased arrays.
Rick holds 5 U.S. Patents, published over 17 articles on microwave and millimeter-wave circuits, and authored Chapter 1 of the book “RF and Microwave Electronic Packaging”, Springer Publishing, 2010. Having earned an MS EE from UCLA, a BS EE from CSULB, and a BA from Vanguard University, worked for Raytheon (Hughes Aircraft Company) and Multilink Technology Company prior to founding his company.
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IEEE MTTS LMAG EDCAS Aerospace Buena Ventura March 20 2013
Waveguide-fed Slot Arrays
7pm Wed. Feb 20 2013, Dr. Sembiam Rengarajan, IEEE Fellow, presents “Waveguide-fed Slot Arrays: Design, Analysis, and Applications” at Ciao Wireless, 4000 Via Pescador, Camarillo, CA.
Abstract
Waveguide-fed slot array technology has matured, primarily because of advances in electromagnetic modeling in the analysis, design, and optimization of such antennas. We can now design and build such arrays to meet the demanding specifications of many radar, remote sensing, and communication applications, without any hardware iteration.
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In this talk we will review Elliott’s design procedure and analysis employing the method-of-moments solution to the pertinent integral equations of the entire planar slot array. Examples from recent applications of slot arrays in practical radar and remote sensing systems will be presented. Recent advances in design techniques, including global optimization using full wave moment method analysis techniques for improving return loss and pattern performance over a given bandwidth will be presented.
About the Speaker
Dr. Rengarajan is a Fellow of IEEE and of the Electromagnetics Academ, has served as an Assoc Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (APS) (2000-03), and as the Chair of the Education Committee of IEEE APS. He received the Preeminent Scholarly Publication Award from CSUN in ‘05, CSUN Research Fellow Award in ‘10, a Distinguished Engineering Educator of the Year Award from the Engineers’ Council of California in ‘95, and 20 awards from NASA for his innovative research and technical contributions. He is the Chair of USNC-URSI Commission B (2012-14) and is a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE APS (2011-13).
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IEEE MTTS Buenaventura Feb 20 2013
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Jerry Knotts, P.E., explains how to be a technology entrepreneur and start your own company. jerry will review how he became an entrepreneur and provide detailed guidance on how to start your own business.
About the Speaker
Jerry Knotts served as Vice-President/General Manager, Defense Electronics Division, California Microwave and later as Vice-President for Programs Development at American Nucleonics Corporation. As a business consultant, he provides strategic and financial planning services to small and medium sized companies through his Strategery Management Consulting firm.
Jerry served in the United States Air Force starting in the Vietnam War until his 1984 retirement as Commander, Washington Area Contracting Center, Andrews AFB. Prior assignments included Commander, DCASPRO, Detroit Diesel Allison, Indianapolis IN; many tours with the USAF BIG SAFARI Program with offices in WPAFB, Ohio; USAF Plant 4, General Dynamics, Fort Worth, TX; E-Systems, Greenville, TX; Lockheed LAS, Ontario, CA. While in the the BIG SAFARI Program, he acted as Project Engineer and Program Manager for many special projects, including: COMBAT SENT, COBRA BALL, PEACE JACK, the RB-57F, COMBAT TALON, and many others. In 1968, he completed 112 combat missions as an F-105F WILD WEASEL and RYAN RAIDER over North Vietnam.
He is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE, Chairman of the IEEE Life Member Group (Buenaventura Section), a Registered Professional Engineer, and a life member of the Texas, California, and National Society of Professional Engineers. Jerry has served as a member of the Ventura County Republican Party Central Committee, a Ventura County Airport Commissioner, and now serves as a Lay Arbitor for the Ventura County Bar.
When:
6:30pm-8:30pm, 15 August 2012
Where:
Vitesse Semicondutor, 741 Calle Plano, Camarillo CA 93012
Register/RSVP:
Momin Quddus, chair@aes.ieee-bv.org
Flyer:
Entrepreneurship w/Jerry E. Knotts, 15 August 2012
High Performance Embedded Computing for Synthetic Aperture Radar
Filed under: Aerospace, defense technology, LMAG, MTTS
Wed. June 20, Bill Pilaud highlights some of the latest trends in Processing (Intel, PGPU and FPGA) and the challenges that are associated with packaging and deploying these exciting capabilities in the MIL-Aero market. This presentation will explain the ifference between commercial High Performance Computing (HPC) and HPEC, and will explore the Open Standards Software and Hardware that is necessary for todays Military who need faster time-to-theater, scalable real-time embedded solutions.
About the Speaker
William (Bill) Pilaud is a High Performance Embedded Computer (HPEC) Systems Architect for Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense solutions (CWCDS). His primary function is to assist the system integrators who use commercial off the shelf (COTS) rugged military products, and jointly develop Military RADAR, SIG-INT, Sonar and Communication systems. He has been developing, designing, integrating, selling, managing and architecting COTS systems for over 20 years for various companies like CWCDS, Kyrocera and Motorola. He has a Computer Engineering Degree from Clemson University as well as an MBA from Northeastern University, and lives with wife and two children in Thousand Oaks California.
When:
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Wed. 20 June 2012, 6:30 refreshments, 7pm presentation and discussion
Where:
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Ciao Wireless, 400 Via Pescador, Camarillo, CA 93012
Info/Contact:
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MTTS Chair chair@mtts.ieee-bv.org
REACHING FOR ZERO G’s
Thursday, 17 May 2012, David Collins present Reaching for Zero G’s. The line in Toy Story was “To infinity and beyond” and this presentation will take you on a levitating romp through the physics and reality of taking a ride at zero g’s and getting back in time for dinner. Call it “air time” or “off-the-seat”, it all boils down to physics. We are going to look at the realities and the challenges of taking a rider to zero g’s. How close have we come to making this objective a reality? What machines will get us to that point? The mystery will be resolved and the fun will begin.
About the Speaker
From ENIAC to BIZMAC to EDVAC, David cut his teeth on the frontiers of computer hardware. The next step was to apply some of the newly emerging technology of computers to designing the Flight-Sequencer / Controller to control the booster that was to put the Ranger Spacecraft into orbit around the moon. David was part of the team that developed new ECM systems and Decoy and Deception systems for tactical applications in the air and on the ground.
After nearly a quarter of a century David took a giant leap into development of large, commercial solar energy systems and pioneered early practical applications of solar energy. Not satisfied with getting into hot water, David took a giant leap into the manufacture of commercial laser systems for welding, drilling
and marking.
An invitation to join Disney Imagineering set David on course for the next quarter of am century. His adventures in Amusement Ride Engineering took him to the forefront of Entertainment Motion Simulator technology. Although David is still very active in the design, development, commissioning and inspection of amusement rides he still gets a chance to dip back into aerospace. He has done work on technology maturation studies for UAVs and evaluation of Autonomous Aerial Refueling of UAVs. Right now David is having a lot of fun working with the development of new rides and attractions. He says “one of these days I will figure out what to do when I grow up. Right now I am having too much fun”.
Date:
- May 17, 2012
Time:
- 6:30 pm Refreshments and Networking,
7:00 pm Talk
Venue:
- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.
741 Calle Plano,
Camarillo, CA 93012
Please RSVP to Sunil Pai (paisunils@ieee.org) if you wish to attend this meeting.
Meeting Flyer:
Modelling Electric Rocket Propulsion
Filed under: Aerospace, LMAG, MTTS, space technology
Please join Aerospace, Life Members, and Microwave Societies joint presentation of Computational Modeling of Partially-Ionized Gases for the Assessment and Mitigation of Material Degradation in Electric Rocket Propulsion by Dr. Ioannis (“Yiangos”) G. Mikellides, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Abstract
Electric propulsion (EP) embodies several plasma rocket technologies that can enable new science missions for NASA. Over the last two decades two (mN-class) EP systems have emerged as primary candidates for several proposed science missions, mainly due to their superior performance and proven record in space flight: the Ion and Hall thrusters. As NASA looks ahead to increasingly ambitious science goals however, missions become more demanding of the life of the propulsion system. Therefore, by contrast to the early years of development of these thrusters, when the emphasis was on propulsive performance, the focus today is shifting towards extending their service life.
Two major difficulties emerge as a result of the increasing demand for extended thruster operation. First, the degradation of these thrusters occurs largely due to ion bombardment of the material surfaces. Thus, the problem requires an understanding of not only the complexities of the ionized gas that persist in these thrusters but also of the close coupling that exists between the gas and the thruster materials. Second, since the service life of EP has been customarily demonstrated through life tests in vacuum facilities, both the cost and time associated with such tests are expected to rise. Whereas some cost-capped NASA missions may be able to absorb these costs, launch window opportunities and mission timelines may simply rule out a multi-year life test. It is therefore becoming increasingly apparent that some combination of analysis and test must be adopted in the life qualification process of EP. Inevitably, computational modeling of EP has been receiving increasing attention at NASA.
Considering all potentially life-limiting mechanisms in Ion and Hall thrusters two are of primary concern: (a) the erosion of the acceleration channel in Hall thrusters and, (b) the erosion of the hollow cathode, a component that is necessary for the operation of both types of thrusters. The physical processes leading to material wear in these devices are uniquely challenging. In this presentation the driving plasma physics will be elucidated based on insight gained from advanced numerical simulations at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Recent breakthroughs on erosion mitigation will also be presented, which, after more than three decades
About the Speaker
Dr. Mikellides received his doctoral degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in 1999 from the Ohio State University with concentration in plasma propulsion and computational magnetohydrodynamics. Since 1992 he has been performing numerical simulations of ionized gases that have spanned a broad range of temporal and spatial scales, in problems such as plasma processes within a GW-level, high-pressure (>1000 atm) discharge chamber and hypersonic nozzles, ablative thrusters, fusion-powered subsonic/supersonic plasma flows through magnetic nozzles, rarefied EP plumes and, more recently, X-ray-radiating astrophysical plasmas. Since joining the EP group at JPL in 2004, Yiangos has developed the first comprehensive 2-D computational model of the partially-ionized gas in hollow cathodes and the first 2-D model of Hall thrusters with a computational mesh that is closely aligned with the applied magnetic field. Yiangos is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and has been the recipient of multiple awards for his computational work in EP including the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal and the Lew Allen Award for Excellence in Scientific Research. He is a Sr. Engineer at JPL with joint appointments in the Engineering and Science Divisions. He has authored/co-authored over twenty-five peer-
Date:
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Location:
- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., 741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA 93012
Agenda:
- 6:30 p.m. Pizza & Networking; 7:00 p.m. Meeting & Presentation
Detecting Pre-biotic Molecules on Astrobiological Planets
Filed under: Aerospace, LMAG, MTTS, space technology
Dr. Valerie J. Scott, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CalTech, describes a new instrument developed for detecting life on Mars. This instrument can be applied to any mission requiring in-situ analysis of planetary regolith or ice.
The instrument is a micro extractor (uEX) that exploits the unique property of water to modify its dielectric constant when effected by radio frequency (RF) radiation. The instrument design will be summarized and initial experiments on the utility of uEX towards breaking specific chemical bonds will be described.
About the Speaker
Dr. Scott, a Chemistry recent graduate of Caltech, has studied reaction mechanisms and species relevant to small molecule activation and conversion for the development of chemistry for alternate energy feedstocks.
Prior to Caltech, she did research at Brandies University on C-F bond activation and conversion of CFCs. She also spent time at Yale University in the Breaker Laboratory studying the biochemical interactions of metabolites with riboswitches and gene expression. She is now a part of the NASA Postdoctoral Program and is starting with new projects related to sample processing for space exploration.
When:
- Wed, 19 Oct 2011, 6:30pm
Where:
- Ciao Wireless, 4000 Via Pescador, Camarillo, CA 93012
Contact:
- Sunil Pai, pasisunils@ieee.org
Details:
NASA’s Remote Sensing Radar Missions for Earth Science
Filed under: Aerospace, Buenaventura, LMAG, MTTS, space technology
Scientist have been studying Atmospheric and solid Earth processes for decades. These studies have been based on the data available from the airborne and ground sensors. In order to create global models of the Earth processes science data at a global scale is required. Most efficient and comprehensive data at global scale can only be acquired from space via Earth orbiting satellites. NASA is in the process of deploying several Earth orbiting satellites with remote sensing Radar instruments. These satellites will map the Earth’s processes at relatively short time scales. This will allow scientists to model and study Earths Atmospheric and solid processes.
About the Speaker
Momin Quddus works at Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is involved in the development of a Radar instrument for a current mission. He is also involved in the formulation of a future remote sensing radar mission. Prior to JPL, Momin designed and developed Satellite receiver for Direct Broadcasting system. He also designed CDMA and TDMA mobile phones at Motorola and NEC. Prior to that, he worked for an avionics equipment manufacturer where he designed antennas and subsystems for Military and commercial aircrafts. Momin received his MSEE degree from FAU and BSEE degree from University of Texas. He received his PE certification in the State of Florida. Momin has a patent on a antenna design for wireless devices. He serves as an Officer in MTTS Chapter and IEEE Buenaventura Section.
Where
- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.,741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA 93012
When
- 6:30-8pm Wed 21 September 2011
RSVP
- Sunil Pai (paisunils@ieee.org)
Details
Maximizing the Value of Sampling for Your Operations
Sampling is used in procurement, incoming inspections, audits, lot release
decisions etc. This seminar explains how sampling plans work (going beyond the
Acceptable Quality Level/Limit). We will see how sampling plans support confidence
statements on the quality of products being sampled. Finally we will see how you can
choose the optimum plan for your situation. Topics will include representative
sampling, AQL, RQL, LTPD, Confidence statements, consumers’ risk producers’ risk
and operating characteristic curves. The presentation will be informal with Q and A
throughout.
About the Speaker
John Haury earned his PhD in Biology from Harvard University. He has worked
in the processed food industry and in biotech and classic pharma businesses. He now
has an applied-stats consulting business. He has supported above-mentioned industries
as well as IT departments and medical device companies. His consulting
(www.applied-stats.com) focuses on industrial stats to stabilize processes
(validate/verify), optimize measurement systems and product characteristics in addition
to risk analysis and mitigation.
When: June 23rd, 2011 , 6:30pm refreshments, 7pm talk
Where: Vitesse Semiconductor, 741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA 93012
RSVP: Sunil Pai, paisunils@ieee.org
Flyer: 20110623_BV_AES
Pushing Boundaries: Latest Tech Coming to Theme Parks (26 May)
This AES/LMAG meeting will be an excursion into the world of Suspension-of- Disbelief and Adrenalin-Pumping amusement rides. This high-tech world is rapidly evolving from the Biggest, Highest, and Fastest to the Interactive, Dynamic and Immersive. Technology is continually pushing the limits of the wonderful world of amusement rides. Behind the scenes peeks will be provided. Secrets could be revealed.
David Collins’ presentation is an informative and non-technical romp through an evolving world of fun and entertainment for boys and girls and children of all ages. This will be a good start to a wonderful summer of fun and relaxation.
Where
- Vitesse Semiconductor, 741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA
When
- 6:30pm (refreshements), 7pm talk, Thu 26 May 2011
RSVP
- Sunil Pai, paisunils@ieee.org
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