SBIR/STTR Research Award
High efficiency vertical photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS)
Award amount
$158,900Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Microelectronics Activity
- Recipient company
- NANOHMICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-10
- Contract end date
- 2024-02-15
- UEI
- K39ENMXNLA73
- Solicitation number
- 23.1
- Topic code
- DMEA231-005
Research abstract
Vertical Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches can be designed to support numerous filaments that simultaneously conduct current. A two dimensional array of current channels can be lithographically patterned on the surface of a substrate to achieve significant power scaling. One of the challenged is coupling the optical trigger signal efficiently into the filament apertures. Nanohmics will design PCSS devices with durable structured optical apertures to reduce Fresnel reflection loss and microlens arrays to improve coupling efficiency.
Technology keywords
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
306 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $109,302,435. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture