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CHIPS FOR AMERICA

CHIPS for America Awards

Polar Semiconductor (Minnesota) – Bloomington, MN

Award Amount: $123 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS Program Office

The CHIPS for America award will provide the company with up to $123 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand and modernize the company’s manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, doubling its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years.

Photothermal Spectroscopy Corporation – Santa Barbara, CA

Award Amount: $283,489

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a new instrument for high-speed thermal properties analysis and simultaneous chemical characterization with sub-micron spatial resolution. This project will improve thermal management and thermal property characterization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Laser Thermal Analysis, Inc. – Charlottesville, VA

Award Amount: $289,830

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop hybrid atomic force microscopy instrument that will automatically generate maps of the thermal resistance, thermal boundary interface resistance, and temperature profiles of microprocessors and wide bandgap semiconductor materials and devices. This project will benefit devices with thermal management challenges and materials development needs on length scales smaller than 100 nanometers.

Octave Photonics – Louisville, CO

Award Amount: $290,000

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a new measurement tool to analyze airborne contaminants and toxic gases inside and outside the fab that lead to semiconductor processing defects and safety infringements. This project will benefits U.S semiconductor fabrication facilities.

HighRI Optics, Inc – Oakland, CA

Award Amount: $283,009

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop cutting-edge technology for calibration of the instrument transfer function of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithographic tools. This project will advance EUV lithography technology for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Tech-X Corporation – Boulder, CO

Award Amount: $289,992

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a simulation tool for photonic integrated circuits that accounts for manufacturing variations and imperfections. This project will benefit the designers of photonic integrated circuits, who will have faster development times as well as U.S. semiconductor manufacturers and fabrication facilities.

Virtual EM, Inc – Ann Arbor, MI

Award Amount: $277,930

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a Radio Frequency (RF) channel sounder system to accurately characterize the effects of the wireless environment. This project will benefit microelectronics companies and research institutions focused on communication technologies.

ReconRF – San Diego, CA

Award Amount: $286,787

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop next-generation large-signal and high-power transistor modeling techniques to create highly accurate models for Radio Frequency (RF)-Microwave circuit design simulators. This project will benefit researchers and U.S. manufacturers of advanced radar, communications, and satellite technologies.

Hummingbird Precision Machine Co. Dba Hummingbird Scientific – Olympia, WA

Award Amount: $283,500

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a transmission electron microscopy in-situ specimen holder that enables real-time imaging of nano-scale electronic devices. The project will benefit manufacturers and researchers of next-generation high-voltage power converters used in a wide variety of industries.

Tiptek LLC – West Chester, PA

Award Amount: $289,999

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop new high-speed nanoprobes to enhance the ability for semiconductor failure analysis to locate and analyze to detect "soft" electrical faults that occur on the most advanced semiconductors and are otherwise difficult to detect. This project will benefit researchers and semiconductor failure analysis engineers in the U.S. semiconductor industry.

The Provenance Chain Network – Portland, OR

Award Amount: $283,427

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a reference implementation of the Commercial Trust™ Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property, enhancing hardware security, and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain industry.

Vapor Cell Technologies – Boulder, CO

Award Amount: $257,367

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop advanced dimensional metrology tools for semiconductor fabrication equipment to minimize the gap in the physical-digital divide and amplifying the accuracy of digital twins. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain.

Direct Electron LP – Rancho Bernardo, CA

Award Amount: $289,292

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a novel high-speed camera for high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction and transmission Kikuchi diffraction which will significantly expand the materials properties that can be probed with this technique. This project will benefit U.S. industry using materials characterization for current and next-generation microelectronics devices.

Photon Spot, Inc. – Monrovia, CA

Award Amount: $283,393

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop an ultra-compact, ultra-low vibration cryogenic system to support time-resolved imaging applications. This project will benefit integrated circuit manufacturers and researchers conducting experiments on quantum technologies.

Sigray Inc. – Concord, CA

Award Amount: $289,703

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a novel linear accumulation x-ray source to achieve an order of magnitude increase in performance over leading x-ray sources for critical dimension scattering. This project benefits researchers and manufacturers of semiconductor transistors.

Created September 6, 2024, Updated September 19, 2024