TANMS's 3 testbeds represent electromagnetic devices that are
ubiquitous throughout our society. The primary goals of these testbeds
are to demonstrate orders of magnitude improvements in efficiency, size,
and power (ESP) and thus revolutionize the future of miniaturized
electromagnetic devices.
Memory - Multiferroic materials provides a new approach to electrically write a bit of information using voltage rather than current.
- GOAL: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate a
voltage-controlled nonvolatile magnetic memory element with at least an
order of magnitude improvement in write efficiency E (i.e. order of
magnitude reduction in write energy).
Antennas - Multiferroic materials provides a new approach to
transmit/receive electromagnetic waves through a mechanical transduction
mechanism.
- GOAL: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate a transduction
of electromagnetic energy into mechanical energy with an antenna
platform at least an order of magnitude smaller than presently
available.
Nanoscale motors - Multiferroic materials provides a new approach
to control magnetic energy and thus motors in the small scale by
relying on voltage rather than current.
- GOAL: Design, fabricate, and demonstrate a micron size
motor that has a power density at least an order of magnitude larger
than presently available and comparable to "bulk" electromagnetic motors
in the commercial sector.
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