Project Grant 1249016

The National Science Foundation awarded Ai Linear Inc. a $252,830 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnership's program to develop a smart amplifier integrated circuit. The circuit will intelligently alter its performance parameters in response to input conditions, enabling always-on, ultra-low power Internet of Things and smart sensor applications situated at the edge. Specifically, the company will design an IC amplifier using a novel circuit that adjusts speed,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project award to OSO Semiconductor Inc., a minority-owned small business, will develop a new phased array communication technology to achieve lower power consumption, smaller form factors, and more affordable price targets. The $274,992 grant, awarded on December 15, 2023, will fund the development and testing of an ultra-low loss beamforming circuit that can be integrated into a unique low-power phased...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $356,506 Project Grant to Northeastern University for research titled "ENERGY AND ACTIVITY ANALYSIS BASED ON-CHIP METHODS FOR MITIGATING DENIAL-OF-SLEEP ATTACKS IN ULTRA-LOW POWER IOT DEVICES." The grant period runs from August 15, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The research aims to develop on-chip methods to mitigate denial-of-sleep attacks in ultra-low power Internet of Things devices. These...

This SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program, with a total funding amount of $274,985, is focused on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system to accelerate semiconductor production using physics-embedded lithographic foundation models. The project aims to alleviate design and manufacturing complexities associated with the shift to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography in semiconductor manufacturing, which has...

This three-year, $279,334 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to develop integrated sensing and normally-off computing architectures for Internet of Things devices. The research focuses on designing processing-in-sensor units and processing-near-sensor units that co-integrate sensing and processing capabilities. These hybrid platforms will feature granularly configurable arithmetic operations to balance accuracy, speed and power...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $400,000 project grant to Arizona State University to develop sustainable design techniques for very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems with heterogeneous integration. The 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2023, aims to measure and reduce the carbon footprint associated with the design and manufacturing of these complex integrated circuits. Key objectives include: (a)...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of $275,000 awarded to Lumoniq Inc. supports research and development of a nanoscale hybrid optical interconnect platform to revolutionize internal computer chip connections. The project aims to commercialize a new approach called Coupled Hybrid Plasmonics (CHP) that uses the interaction of light and metals to enable high-bandwidth, low-power,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to develop a lightweight, learning-based image signal processing (ISP) algorithm for photon-limited imaging. The $274,702 award to Deeplux Technology, Inc. will fund the optimization and implementation of the "Small and Learnable ISP Module" (SLIM) on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Key...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program ($250,000) supports research from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The grantee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will develop toolkits to support the creation of self-sustaining computing systems that harvest power from user interactions. Three research thrusts will be undertaken. Researchers will study user needs for developing these systems through expert evaluations and...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program), is developing a high-precision time-to-digital converter (TDC) capable of picosecond accuracy. The $305,000 award to Main Engineering LLC will enable the research and development of a semiconductor chip-based TDC that can operate in harsh environments and provide enhanced performance features such as zero...