Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00325, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Sirois, Frédéric (École Polytechnique de Montréal), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Idea to Innovation, program name french : De l'idée à l'innovation, program purpose english : A unique high-current short-pulse generator has been developed through the years at Polytechnique Montreal._x000D_
An innovative design of the core technology has been developed to reach performance unmatched in_x000D_
comparison with available commercial current generators. The design is modular in the sense that the main_x000D_
module can be combined with different types of slave modules to optimize the current generator characteristics_x000D_
for a desired application. In all cases, the shape of the current pulse (square, sinusoidal, etc.) can be arbitrary_x000D_
defined by the user. The main strength of the design comes from the high precision in the shape of the_x000D_
generated current pulse. In its simplest form, the generator can create an almost perfectly square impulse,_x000D_
which is very challenging in the microsecond regime and at very high currents (more than 100 A)_x000D_
simultaneously. Furthermore, the noise generated is very low._x000D_
Considering that high-current short-pulse generators are used in a number of industries, the core technology_x000D_
developed at Polytechnique can be easily adapted to produce current generators for numerous applications at a_x000D_
competitive price. The goal of the current market assessment is thus to evaluate which applications represent_x000D_
the most promising opportunity for the technology, both in terms of the size of the addressable market, but also_x000D_
of the significance of the competitive advantage that the technology could provide., program purpose french : A unique high-current short-pulse generator has been developed through the years at Polytechnique Montreal._x000D_
An innovative design of the core technology has been developed to reach performance unmatched in_x000D_
comparison with available commercial current generators. The design is modular in the sense that the main_x000D_
module can be combined with different types of slave modules to optimize the current generator characteristics_x000D_
for a desired application. In all cases, the shape of the current pulse (square, sinusoidal, etc.) can be arbitrary_x000D_
defined by the user. The main strength of the design comes from the high precision in the shape of the_x000D_
generated current pulse. In its simplest form, the generator can create an almost perfectly square impulse,_x000D_
which is very challenging in the microsecond regime and at very high currents (more than 100 A)_x000D_
simultaneously. Furthermore, the noise generated is very low._x000D_
Considering that high-current short-pulse generators are used in a number of industries, the core technology_x000D_
developed at Polytechnique can be easily adapted to produce current generators for numerous applications at a_x000D_
competitive price. The goal of the current market assessment is thus to evaluate which applications represent_x000D_
the most promising opportunity for the technology, both in terms of the size of the addressable market, but also_x000D_
of the significance of the competitive advantage that the technology could provide., agreement title english : Unique high-current short pulse generator at a competitive cost, agreement title french : Unique high-current short pulse generator at a competitive cost, agreement number : I2IPJ, agreement value : 14950.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada