Modern Integrated Circuits
Modern integrated circuits contain millions of transistors with features as small as a virus. The capabilities of these complex microchips are virtually unlimited with applications ranging from high speed computers to microcircuits that can scan the atmosphere for toxic gases.
The future for special purpose microelectronics is even brighter. Novel fabrication techniques are now being used to create micromachines, smart chemical sensors, and advanced packages for the special purpose microcircuits.
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MDL, 12,500 ft2, Class 1 Clean Room
Sandia's diverse microelectronics program is centered around the Microelectronics Development Laboratory (MDL).
Technologies supported by the MDL wafer fab are silicon based and focused towards Sandia National Laboratories' mission.
The center of this focus is the development and application of radiation hardened CMOS integrated circuit technologies capable of realizing digital, analog, mixed-mode, and nonvolatile memory circuits.
In addition, the MDL wafer fab is the world's premier R&D source of surface micromachining technology and the integration of that technology with CMOS (IMEMS – Integrated MicroElectroMechanical Systems).
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