The DARPA Microsystems Technology Office seeks innovative proposals to develop correlators with high power efficiency, high dynamic range, and wide bandwidth to enable passive sensing, real-time SAR imaging and jam-resistant communications applications.
The MAX program seeks to leverage the advantages of novel signal processing architectures to achieve a breakthrough in correlator power efficiency performance at high dynamic range operation. Novel signal processing is defined as any approach that is not purely digital, such as analog signal processing (ASP), hyperdimensional computing, or hybrid approaches. MAX seeks to achieve at least a 100x improvement in power efficiency and information processing density compared to state-of-the-art (SoA) digital signal processing systems.
Deadlines:
o Abstract Due Date: March 16, 2022
o Proposal Due Date: May 4, 2022
1. Technical Area 1 (TA1) – World’s Best General-Purpose Analog Correlator
2. Technical Area 2 (TA2) – Advanced Analog Signal Processing Circuit and Architecture Exploration
