Rockwell Scientific Receives Contract for High-Performance Electronics
Circuits Using New Semiconductor Material Will Have Defense and Commercial Applications
Thousand Oaks, CA. Rockwell Scientific has received a $6.4 million contract from the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center under the sponsorship of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop ultra-low power electronic technology for use in high-speed digital and millimeter wave circuits.
A major objective of the program will be the development of transistors based on new types of compound semiconductors that employ antimony as a primary constituent. These new antimonide-based compound semiconductors (ABCS) have superior electronic properties and lower turn-on voltages compared to present-day semiconductor materials made from silicon, gallium arsenide and indium phosphide.
The ABCS technology will be combined with new techniques of circuit fabrication, pioneered by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to produce circuits for defense and space applications that are the world s fastest and have the lowest (electrical) noise and lowest consumed power.
In addition to benefiting military systems, the ABCS technology will have commercial impact in light-wave communication circuits, high-frequency wireless applications, and integrated optoelectronic circuits.
Rockwell Scientific, formerly the Rockwell Science Center, is now an independent, privately held, high-technology enterprise with unique technical strengths in electronics, imaging, optics, materials and information science. Its broad range of initiatives includes contract research and development, as well as commercialization of technologies through licensing, development and sale of high value products, and spin-offs.
Contact: Rockwell Scientific Jerry Risto Tel: 805 373-4538 gristo@rwsc.com Paula Ross Tel: 805 373-4558 pross@rwsc.com
Rockwell ScientificJerry Risto
Tel: 805 373-4538
gristo@rwsc.com
Paula Ross
Tel: 805 373-4558
pross@rwsc.com
E-mail: pross@rwsc.com
