Project Grant DESC0024068

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,482.00 to Epir, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to optimize the gain layer design for radiation-hard Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode (LGAD) based silicon detectors over a 1-year performance period from July 10, 2023, to July 9, 2024. The funding supports Epir's research and development of alternate gain layer LGAD...

Adroit Materials, Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop KV-class gallium nitride-based junction barrier Schottky diodes using ion implantation. The two-year award, issued on June 18, 2021 with a completion date of June 17, 2023, will support Adroit Materials' efforts to advance ARPA-E's objectives of supporting innovative energy technologies. Under the SBIR/STTR program, the company will work on...

Adroit Materials, Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop ion implantation-enabled fabrication of aluminum nitride (AlN) based Schottky diodes. The two-year award, issued on July 5, 2021, will support Adroit Materials' research into using ion implantation techniques to manufacture AlN-based power electronics components with improved performance over traditional silicon devices. ARPA-E's Advanced...

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports research led by Carnegie Mellon University to develop a novel paradigm for single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) imaging technologies. The research aims to establish a scientific framework for "avalanche confinement" in SPADs, enabling improved signal-to-noise performance at room temperature without compromising detection efficiency and resolution. This will involve...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This $1,976,602 Cooperative Agreement award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) aims to advance the state-of-the-art in aluminum nitride (AlN) semiconductor technology. The primary awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will lead a team of researchers to focus on: Developing epitaxial growth and doping techniques to achieve high n-type and p-type carrier concentrations in AlN, enabling improved...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $430,000 Project Grant to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop scalable single photon detection systems. The 3-year project seeks to adapt existing perimeter gated single photon avalanche diode (PGSPAD) technology to other semiconductor platforms, create a scalable detection architecture with wireless integration, and test the new devices through fabrication and simulation....

Anadyne, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a particle detector front-end readout integrated circuit optimized for high speed timing resolution measurements. The circuit will be designed under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. The one-year...

Scdevice LLC, a for-profit organization, received a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to develop and demonstrate a radiation-tolerant, high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device for space applications. The goal is to create a SiC junction barrier Schottky diode rated at 1200V that can withstand the high levels of radiation encountered in outer space. This effort aims to enable smaller,...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $205,478 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "RADIATION TOLERANT DIAMOND GAIN STRUCTURES FOR PHOTON DETECTION" through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funding will...