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The
Transduction Devices and Materials research theme is
by nature closely related to the research work of the
other themes, in particular to the RF Systems theme
work. The inherent close working relationship between
the themes will provide the appropriate guidance to
tailor the development of the materials, devices and
substrates to match military related applications.
 The
level and the cost of ongoing research work in the areas
of compound semiconductor materials / devices and also
of high density / high power packaging materials is
immense and could by no means be covered within this
single DTC activity. Therefore only selected areas,
which potentially offer the highest leverage to the
MOD, are proposed within this research theme.
In
constructing the research programme, the Consortium
has sought to produce a programme balanced between highly
innovative research and more incremental developments,
which nevertheless offer high potential.
The
first phase of the DTC research programme has been planned
in detail, and involves projects spanning timescales
of between one and three years. The work has been grouped
into two sub-themes which are summarised below, together
with the planned contributors to the research programme
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