NASA Tech Briefs, April 2011Topics covered include: Amperometric Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Microsensors with Easy Batch Fabrication; Two-Axis Direct Fluid Shear Stress Sensor for Aerodynamic Applications; Target Assembly to Check Boresight Alignment of Active Sensors; Virtual Sensor Test Instrumentation; Evaluation of the Reflection Coefficient of Microstrip Elements for Reflectarray Antennas; Miniaturized Ka-Band Dual-Channel Radar; Continuous-Integration Laser Energy Lidar Monitor; Miniaturized Airborne Imaging Central Server System; Radiation-Tolerant, SpaceWire-Compatible Switching Fabric; Small Microprocessor for ASIC or FPGA Implementation; Source-Coupled, N-Channel, JFET-Based Digital Logic Gate Structure Using Resistive Level Shifters; High-Voltage-Input Level Translator Using Standard CMOS; Monitoring Digital Closed-Loop Feedback Systems; MASCOT - MATLAB Stability and Control Toolbox; MIRO Continuum Calibration for Asteroid Mode; GOATS Image Projection Component; Coded Modulation in C and MATLAB; Low-Dead-Volume Inlet for Vacuum Chamber; Thermal Control Method for High-Current Wire Bundles by Injecting a Thermally Conductive Filler; Method for Selective Cleaning of Mold Release from Composite Honeycomb Surfaces; Infrared-Bolometer Arrays with Reflective Backshorts; Commercialization of LARC (trade mark) -SI Polyimide Technology; Novel Low-Density Ablators Containing Hyperbranched Poly(azomethine)s; Carbon Nanotubes on Titanium Substrates for Stray Light Suppression; Monolithic, High-Speed Fiber-Optic Switching Array for Lidar; Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Power System; Spectroelectrochemical Instrument Measures TOC; A Miniaturized Video System for Monitoring Drosophila Behavior; Hydrofocusing Bioreactor Produces Anti-Cancer Alkaloids; Creep Measurement Video Extensometer; Radius of Curvature Measurement of Large Optics Using Interferometry and Laser Tracker n-B-pi-p Superlattice Infrared Detector; Safe Onboard Guidance and Control Under Probabilistic Uncertainty; General Tool for Evaluating High-Contrast Coronagraphic Telescope Performance Error Budgets; Hidden Statistics of Schroedinger Equation; Optimal Padding for the Two-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transform; Spatial Query for Planetary Data; Higher Order Mode Coupling in Feed Waveguide of a Planar Slot Array Antenna; Evolutionary Computational Methods for Identifying Emergent Behavior in Autonomous Systems; Sampling Theorem in Terms of the Bandwidth and Sampling Interval; Meteoroid/Orbital Debris Shield Engineering Development Practice and Procedure; Self-Balancing, Optical-Center-Pivot, Fast-Steering Mirror; Wireless Orbiter Hang-Angle Inclinometer System; and Internal Electrostatic Discharge Monitor - IESDM.
IDRelationTitle20110011959WorkCoded Modulation in C and MATLAB20110011947WorkOptimal Padding for the Two-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transform20110011934WorkTarget Assembly to Check Boresight Alignment of Active Sensors20110011966WorkMiniaturized Airborne Imaging Central Server System20110011954WorkRadiation-Tolerant, SpaceWire-Compatible Switching Fabric20110011952WorkMethod for Selective Cleaning of Mold Release from Composite Honeycomb Surfaces20110011929WorkHidden Statistics of Schroedinger Equation20110011945WorkThermal Control Method for High-Current Wire Bundles by Injecting a Thermally Conductive Filler20110011940WorkEvaluation of the Reflection Coefficient of Microstrip Elements for Reflectarray Antennas20110011948WorkHydrofocusing Bioreactor Produces Anti-Cancer Alkaloids20110011930WorkSpatial Query for Planetary Data20110011964WorkMonitoring Digital Closed-Loop Feedback Systems20110011943WorkMIRO Continuum Calibration for Asteroid Mode20110011957WorkEvolutionary Computational Methods for Identifying Emergent Behavior in Autonomous Systems20110011936WorkGeneral Tool for Evaluating High-Contrast Coronagraphic Telescope Performance Error Budgets20110011938WorkNovel Low-Density Ablators Containing Hyperbranched Poly(azomethine)s20110011953WorkInfrared-Bolometer Arrays with Reflective Backshorts20110011961WorkContinuous-Integration Laser Energy Lidar Monitor20110011960WorkLow-Dead-Volume Inlet for Vacuum Chamber20110011967WorkCreep Measurement Video Extensometer20110011969WorkCommercialization of LARC (TradeMark) -SI Polyimide Technology20110011962WorkSafe Onboard Guidance and Control Under Probabilistic Uncertainty20110011939WorkVirtual Sensor Test Instrumentation20110011956WorkMiniaturized Ka-Band Dual-Channel Radar20110011937WorkSampling Theorem in Terms of the Bandwidth and Sampling Interval20110011971WorkHigh-Voltage-Input Level Translator Using Standard CMOS20110011968WorkMonolithic, High-Speed Fiber-Optic Switching Array for Lidar20110011949WorkSource-Coupled, N-Channel, JFET-Based Digital Logic Gate Structure Using Resistive Level Shifters20110011955WorkSmall Microprocessor for ASIC or FPGA Implementation20110011941WorkA Miniaturized Video System for Monitoring Drosophila Behavior20110011958WorkInternal Electrostatic Discharge Monitor - IESDM20110011946WorkSpectroelectrochemical Instrument Measures TOC20110011944WorkSelf-Balancing, Optical-Center-Pivot, Fast-Steering Mirror20110011932WorkMeteoroid/Orbital Debris Shield Engineering Development Practice and Procedure20110011965WorkRadius of Curvature Measurement of Large Optics Using Interferometry and Laser Tracker20110011931WorkHigher Order Mode Coupling in Feed Waveguide of a Planar Slot Array Antenna20110011951WorkTwo-Axis Direct Fluid Shear Stress Sensor for Aerodynamic Applications20110011970WorkCarbon Nanotubes on Titanium Substrates for Stray Light Suppression20110011972WorkGOATS Image Projection Component20110011963Workn-B-pi-p Superlattice Infrared Detector20110011942WorkMASCOT - MATLAB Stability and Control Toolbox20110011935WorkGrid-Tied Photovoltaic Power System20110011950WorkAmperometric Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Microsensors with Easy Batch Fabrication20110011933WorkWireless Orbiter Hang-Angle Inclinometer System