Coolcad Electronics, LLC was awarded a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design and fabricate a silicon carbide (SiC) ultraviolet (UV) detector array with a 10 micrometer pixel pitch. The objective is to develop the fabrication processes and capabilities to integrate SiC photodiodes and low-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices at submicron feature sizes,...
This federal contract award to Coolcad Electronics, Inc. is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design and fabrication of a large-area silicon-carbide (SiC) based active pixel sensor. This sensor will comprise a very large-area SiC ultraviolet (UV) photodiode with a monolithically-integrated readout circuit. The objective is to develop SiC photodiodes larger...
This is a Phase II SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Coolcad Electronics, LLC, a small business that specializes in semiconductor design and manufacturing. The contract, valued at $1,125,000.00, is focused on the development of silicon carbide (SiC) opto-electronic integrated circuits, including photodetectors, focal plane arrays, and high-temperature electronics. The company will design, fabricate, and test these SiC components in-house, with...
This is a $1,174,997.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Coolcad Electronics, Inc., a small business, for the development of a dual output bidirectional direct current to direct current (DC-DC) isolated silicon carbide (SiC)-based power converter under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025 and is set aside for small businesses. Coolcad...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract to Coolcad Electronics, LLC, a small business, for the "INTEGRATED ON-CHIP POWER FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS" project under the SBIR Program Phase II Action. The $949,960.00 contract, which has a completion date of May 13, 2023, is for research and development of specialized electronics and semiconductor devices, including silicon carbide integrated circuits,...
This federal contract award to Coolcad Electronics, LLC, a small business, is for the development of radiation tolerant high voltage silicon carbide switches under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $124,998.00 Phase I research contract has a firm fixed price and is set aside for small businesses. Coolcad Electronics specializes in semiconductor design, modeling, and manufacturing, with expertise in wide bandgap power electronics. This contract supports their...
Coolcad Electronics, LLC, doing business as Coolcad Electronics, has been awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is to conduct research under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Specifically, Coolcad Electronics will research silicon carbide high temperature solid state memory, advancing NASA's goals in semiconductor technologies for space applications. The...
This federal contract award, valued at $749,998.00, was made to Coolcad Electronics, Inc., a small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of radiation-tolerant high voltage silicon carbide (SiC) switches, which have applications in satellite systems, harsh environment sensing, and defense technologies. This Phase III SBIR contract builds upon previous research and...
This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Coolcad Electronics, Inc., a small for-profit company specializing in advanced semiconductor technologies like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). The contract aims to develop and fabricate an integrated sensor device capable of detecting a wide range of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, from extreme UV (1-50 nm) through vacuum UV (50-175 nm)...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to Coolcad Electronics, LLC, a small business, to design, fabricate, and test silicon carbide integrated circuits that are radiation tolerant and capable of high-temperature operation. The intent is to extend the survivability of high-temperature extreme environment missions, which require electronics that can operate above 300°C, a limit exceeded by traditional silicon electronics. The $125,000...