Question 7 Purpose of Experiment

0081-EX-PL-2002 Text Documents

Southwest Research Institute

2002-04-22ELS_55486

A series of experimental investigations will be conducted regarding
the operational maturity of a new unconventional compact transmitter
technology. This technology uses a small explosive charge to shock
load a ferroelectric material (PZT) causing the generation of a
voltage impulse at the output terminals. The pulse is applied to
tailored power conditioning circuitry and then directly coupled to a
radiating structure (a dipole). The initial experimental phase will
be followed by an engineering development effort that will require
intermittent field validation testing. Each transmitter is intended
for use as a single-shot expendable pod for the purposes of wideband
radar-type and materials sensing applications. The characteristics
of the emissions will be monitored by an array of sensitive
free-field sensors connected to a centralized data acquisition,
analysis, and archival system.

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