Primary and Secondary Calibration on Active Layer (PASCAL)

Post Date

May 10th 2011

Application Due Date

June 28th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

DARPA-BAA-11-43

CFDA Number(s)

12.910

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Other

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The program seeks to address challenges associated with the long-term bias and scale-factor drift of chip-scale components for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) tasks, and is specifically interested in development of Primary and Secondary Calibration on Active Layer (PASCAL) paradigm for in-situ calibration of inertial sensors and clocks. The deliverable of this program is an integrated, ultra-miniaturized microsystem (gyroscope, accelerometer, and/or clock) with in-situ calibration capabilities strategically implemented on-chip. The effective bias and scale factor deviation of the microsystem should not exceed 1 part per million (< 1 ppm) from a nominal input/output function over a one month period. The total size of the integrated micro-system should be on the order of 30 cubic millimeters (< 30 mm3) and consume less than 50 milliwatt of power (< 50 mW). The micro-system is expected to deliver long-term stability performance in a harsh military environment, with thermal variations from -550C to +850C, vibrations from 5 Hz to 5 kHz with an average amplitude of 5 g, spin rates on the order of 300 Hz, and mechanical shock on the level of 15,000 g. Please note that this Solicitation was originally anticipated to be funded with 6.3 funds only and therefore was only posted to FedBizOpps. However, the anticipated funding type has now changed to include 6.2 funds and has thus been added to Grants.gov to allow for assistance instrument proposals/applications. See DARPA-BAA-11-43 attached.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

• Agency Contact:

  Andre Shkel
  DARPA Program Manager

• Agency Mailing Address:

  MTO BAA Coordinator

• Agency Email Address:

  DARPA-BAA-11-43@darpa.mil

• Location:

  DARPA - MTO - BAA0718

• More Information:

  MTO Solicitations website