SBIR/STTR Research Award
Breakthrough Unit Cost Reduction for Large Image Sensors
Award amount
$700,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Silicon Mountain Design, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The need for larger, faster and higher-resolution imager chips at low cost has become more acute as image processing and optical systems improve. However, monolithic imagers having large pixel numbers are fabricated with difficulty at low yield and high cost. This proposal is directed to defect correction for high resolution imagers, in the visible, IR and UV ranges, in order to dramatically increase pixel yield, and drastically reduce cost.
Technology keywords
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