Floyd Receives STTR Funding from Physical Devices LLC
Dr. Brian Floyd, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded $258,000 by Physical Devices LLC for research on STTR Phase II: Fully-Integrated Tunable Filters Employing Synthetic Linear Interference Delay.
October 28, 2014 
NC State ECE
Dr. Brian Floyd
Dr. Brian Floyd, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded $258,000 by Physical Devices LLC for research on STTR Phase II: Fully-Integrated Tunable Filters Employing Synthetic Linear Interference Delay.
Through this research, circuit and radio front-end architectures leading to a universal channel selection filter for the 700-3000 MHz range will be developed. The filter will employ frequency translated or mixer-based filter structures together with feedforward linearization. Fully-integrated filter prototypes will be designed in silicon, including reconfigurable n-path baseband structures, phase shifters, and coupling structures.
The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program expands funding opportunities in the federal innovation arena. Central to the program is the expansion of the public/private sector partnership to include joint venture opportunities between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions. The unique feature of the STTR program is the requirement for the small business to formally collaborate with a research institution in Phase I and Phase II. STTR’s most important role is to bridge the gap between performance of basic science and commercialization of resulting innovations.
The award will run from April 1st, 2014 to March 31st, 2016.
