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A -- FREQUENCY AGILE MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS (FAME) WORKSHOP SOL SN97-22 DUE 050797 POC Alice Burgess, fax (703) 527-5445 E-MAIL: POC, aburgess@sainc.com. Frequency Agile Materials for Electronics (FAME) Workshop. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring a workshop on low loss, field tunable materials and their applications on May 15 and 16, 1997 at The Washington Dulles Airport Hilton, Herndon, VA. The goals of the workshop are (1) to interactively explore all facets of technology required to develop and demonstrate frequency agile electronic components in defense systems, and (2) to provide a forum for university, industry and other research organizations to communicate interests and capabilities in anticipation of a planned DARPA funded program that will address materials processing, device integration, component applications, and other technologies required to demonstrate frequency agile electronic components. This workshop will address development of low loss, thin and thick film materials and monolithic structures for frequency or phase adaptable filters, antennas, oscillators, phase shifters and other RF devices utilizing magnetic and electric field dependent properties. Novel oxide materials with enhanced permittivity or permeability dependence on the respective electric or magnetic fields are also of interest. Specific area of interest for the workshop are: Low loss tangent, hybrid ferroelectric and ferrite multilayer structures which can be tuned over a wide frequency range of rf signals. Electronic component technology that will lead to frequency agile oscillators, filters, phase shifters, circulators, conformal and phased array antennas with frequency tunability, smaller size and lower cost than conventional components. Cost-effective, thin and thick film, as well as monolithic reactive component production processes with specific interest in compatibility with semiconductor integrated circuit processes. The workshop agenda will feature several technology overview presentations by government personnel and contractors and a poster session forum including summary overviews to facilitate interaction among potential collaborators. Participants are strongly encouraged to prepare posters with summary overview presentations describing areas of capabilities and interest to facilitate communications, interactions and team prospecting. A short abstract of each poster presentation is required. Please access the FAME workshop website for workshop details including registration and abstract submission. This website can be accessed at http: www.sainc.com FAME . The workshop registration fee is $135.00 and is inclusive of all conference activities. Registration cut-off is 7 May 1997 or at attendance capacity. Space is limited and it is recommended that you register early. For further information please contact Alice Burgess (fax: 703 527 5445; email: aburgess@sainc.com). Please refer to the FAME Workshop in correspondence. (0093)

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