The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $257,367.33 Cooperative Agreement to Vapor Cell Technologies LLC under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program. The purpose of this award is for Vapor Cell Technologies to construct novel displacement measurement tools that are traceable to the SI meter, using high-technology readiness level (TRL) and manufacturing readiness level (MRL) technologies. The goal is to enable more precise, accurate, and repeatable...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $259,848.73 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Primenano, Inc., a for-profit technology company, to develop an advanced prototype of a measurement technology for in-line metrology. The project aims to create a non-destructive, wafer-based measurement system with applications in materials purity, electrical properties, 3D device, and next-generation manufacturing. Primenano...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $283,489.89 Cooperative Agreement grant to Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program. The purpose of the grant is for Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. to develop, validate, and commercialize a new "Gigahertz Optical Photothermal Infrared" instrument for the semiconductor industry. This instrument will enable high-speed thermal properties analysis and simultaneous...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,830.98 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Laser Thermal Analysis, Inc. The purpose of this award is for the company to build a hybrid atomic force microscopy-thermoreflectance (AFM-TR) instrument capable of generating high-resolution thermal resistance, thermal boundary interface resistance, and temperature profile maps of microprocessors and wide bandgap semiconductor...
This $399,752 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) funds a Phase II project to develop standards and open-source software for digital data associated with semiconductor electronics. The project aims to support NIST initiatives related to the CHIPS Act and provide digital data standards to accelerate advanced materials research and development for...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,692 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 11.042 - CHIPS Research and Development) to Direct Electron, L.P., a small disadvantaged business located in San Diego, California. The purpose of the award is for Direct Electron to develop a new high-speed, high-resolution camera system for electron backscatter diffraction (HR EBSD) and transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) applications in scanning electron microscopes (SEMs). The new...
This $280,450 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Program (CFDA 11.609) will fund research by Theiss Research, a non-profit organization, to improve the accuracy of scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements of nanometer-scale structures. The research will develop a new computational model based on density functional theory and the Bethe-Salpeter equation to better...
This $283,009.12 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program, will enable Highri Optics, Inc., a woman-owned small business, to develop cutting-edge technology for Instrument Transfer Function (ITF) calibration of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithographic tools. The goal is to enhance the performance and precision of EUV equipment utilized in semiconductor manufacturing. The company...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program, provides $290,000 in funding to Octave Photonics LLC to develop an infrared spectrometer system capable of analyzing airborne contaminants and toxic gases within semiconductor fabrication facilities. The project aims to improve wafer yields, chip performance, and long-term environmental sustainability for U.S. semiconductor...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $289,999.65 Cooperative Agreement under the CHIPS Research and Development (CFDA 11.042) program to Tiptek, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to create new gigahertz nanoprobes for semiconductor failure analysis. Through this funding, Tiptek will build ultra-high-speed nanoprobe prototypes capable of operating at gigahertz frequencies to detect "soft" electrical faults that are difficult to identify with...