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Competing for the Future: A Historical Review of NIST ATP Investments in Semiconductor and Micro/Nano-Electronics

APPENDIX A - Advanced Technology Program
Semiconductor Micro/Nano-Electronics Award Participants by State

Grant Number

State Single or Joint

Total
ATP $

Total Industry
Cost-Share $

Company or
JV Lead
Project Title

0H3038

California JVL $6,716,870 $7,002,847 KLA-Tencor Corporation Advanced Wafer Inspection for Next-Generation Lithography

1H3047

California JVL $5,047,062 $5,049,082 Advanced Micro Devices eManufacturing Security Framework to Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing Productivity

6H2002

California JVL $4,906,758 $5,101,241 KLA-Tencor (formerly Honeywell, Inc., Technology Center) Advanced Process Control Framework Initiative

8H4008

California JVL $4,933,158 $4,962,997 Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. (formerly Xerox PARC) Micro-Contact Springs for High-Performance Probing and Packaging

8H4024

California JVL $18,912,000 $24,443,000 KLA-Tencor Corporation Intelligent Mask Inspection System for Next-Generation Lithography

8H4067

California JVL $9,110,456 $9,182,319 KLA-Tencor Intelligent Control of the Semiconductor Patterning Process

0H3032

California SA $1,988,968 $4,985,706 STI, Inc. (formerly Conductus, Inc.) Advanced Receiver Front-end Technology for 4G Wireless Systems

0H3036

California SA $2,000,000 $3,709,459 Etec Systems, Inc. Development of a Short Wavelength Pattern Generator

1H3044

California SA $2,000,000 $1,169,688 Intematix Corporation Rapid and Comprehensive Development of Advanced Dielectric Materials for Wireless Appplications

2H3033

California SA $1,999,960 $2,193,728 Luxtera, Inc. Nanophotonic Integrated Circuits for Telecommunications and Computing

2H3038

California SA $2,000,000 $665,454 Xradia, Inc. Achromatic Fresnel Optic for EIV and X-ray Radiation: An Innovative Camera Concept for Next Generation Lithography

3H1365

California SA $1,830,929 $2,952,822 IBM Corporation, Almaden Research Center Low Dielectric Foams for Microelectronics Applications

3H3001

California SA $1,950,000 $1,562,442 RAPT Industries Reactive Atom Plasma (RAP) Processing-A Novel Process for Rapid Optics Fabrication

3H3005

California SA

$1,999,761

$1,004,239 Agility Communications, Inc. 40 Gb/s Widely Tunable Photonic Integrated Transmitter

4H1504

California SA

$2,000,000

$6,324,896 Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation GaAs Super Microprocessor Technology Development

4H3016

California SA

$1,985,240

$940,452 Aether Wire & Location, Inc. Instant Networks Using Coin-sized Ultrawideband (UWB) Localizers

4H3047

California SA

$1,999,180

$708,300 Multibeam Systems Inc., Development and Demonstration of a Multiple, High-Current-Density Shaped E-Beam Column With Independent Vector Beam Placement

7H3043

California SA

$2,000,000

$1,353,000 Consilium, Inc. Distributed Factory System Framework

3H3016

Colorado SA

$1,989,783

$1,000,000 PowerSicel, Inc. High Performance Transistors for Broadband Wireless Communications

9H3018

Connecticut SA

$1,711,348

$2,062,152 ATMI, Inc. Integrated MEMS Reactor Gas Monitor Using Novel Thin Film Chemistry for the Closed Loop Process Control and Optimization of Plasma Etch and Clean Reactions in the Manufacturing of

3H3032

Florida SA

$1,999,859

$822,086 The Athena Group, Inc. PowerFlow:  Next-Generation Intellectual Property Technology for System-on-a-Chip Designs

7H3021

Florida SA

$1,859,669

$415,450 Athena Group, Inc. High Performance ASIC Technology for Digital Signal Processing

0H3033

Illinois JVL

$7,675,745

$7,989,041 Motorola, Inc. Printed Organic ASICs: A Disruptive Technology

8H4007

Illinois JVL

$4,189,807

$4,494,502 Motorola, Inc. Wafer-Scale Applied Reworkable Fluxing Underfill for Direct Chip Attach

1H3006

Kansas SA

$2,000,000

$310,730 Uncopiers, Inc. ACIM "Point*Suns": Concentrating Energy Through Silent Sound and Clean Water

2H3005

Maryland SA

$1,968,348

$1,410,453 Neocera, Inc. Advanced Technology for Non-destructive, Localized, Dielectric Metrology of Future Generation Integrated Circuits

2H1254

Massachusetts JVL $2,776,131 $2,929,177 Kopin Corporation Scalable High-Density Electronics Based on MultiFilm Modules

3H1383

Massachusetts SA $1,327,000 $398,000 Diamond Semiconductor Group, Inc. New Technology for High-Current, Parallel, Broad-Beam Implanters for Microelectronics Fabrication

3H3039

Massachusetts SA $2,000,000 $1,406,744 Micro Magnetics, Inc. Spintronics-Based High-Resolution, Non-Invasive, and Ultrafast Metrology for the Semiconductor Industry

4H3049

Massachusetts SA $1,828,050 $756,642 DAFCA, Inc. Reconfigurable Infrastructure Platform for Systems-on-Chips

8H4011

Massachusetts SA $2,000,000 $2,136,981 Epion Corp of JDS Uniphase Corporation (formerly Epion Corporation) Gas-Cluster Ion-Beam Manufacturing Tool for Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices

1H1112

Michigan JVL $13,782,990 $14,674,484 National Center For Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. Printed Wiring Board Interconnect Systems

4H3055

Michigan JVL $6,560,714 $6,828,495 Dow Chemical Company High-Speed AFM-Based Platform for Quantitative Nanomechanical Measurements

8H4013

Michigan JVL $8,556,629 $9,049,142 Dow Chemical Company Ultra-Low Dielectric Constant Materials for Integrated Circuit Interconnects

8H4025

Michigan JVL $7,804,654 $8,301,846 Advanced Embedded Passives Technology Consortium (c/o NCMS) Advanced Embedded Passives Technology

4H3001

Michigan SA $2,000,000 $1,734,357 Discera, Inc. Fully Integrated Gigahertz Receiver Front End

1H1118

Minnesota SA $1,738,600 $869,300 N V E (formerly Novolatile Electronics, Inc.) Nonvolatile Magnetoresistive Semiconductor Technology

3H1378

Minnesota SA $2,000,000 $3,482,000 FSI International, Inc Dry Gas-Phase Cleaning Technology for Single-Wafer Surface Conditioning

3H3035

Minnesota SA $695,458 $90,930 BH Electronics, Inc. Ultra miniature Transformer and Inductor Design and Manufacture

8H4063

Minnesota SA $1,813,992 $1,125,208 NVE Corporation (formerly Nonvolatile Electronics Inc.) Integrated GMR Isolated Devices and Planar Transformers

4H3054

Mississippi SA $1,776,466 $761,906 SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. Silicon Carbide Smart Power Chip

1H3019

Missouri SA $2,000,000 $1,495,840 Brewer Science, Inc. Contact Planarization for Microlithographic Processes

2H3032

New Jersey JVL $5,734,114 $5,755,033 Sarnoff Corporation Printed Organic Transistors on Plastic for Electronic Displays and Circuits

8H4012

New Jersey JVL $2,851,841 $2,909,252 National Starch and Chemical, Inc. Novel High-Performance Wafer-Level Reworkable Underfill Materials for Flip-Chip Packaging

1H1115

New Jersey SA $2,000,000 $3,525,000 Lucent Technologies, Inc. (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories) Fabrication and Testing of Precision Optics for Soft X-Ray Projection Lithography

4H3056

New Mexico SA $1,833,376 $928,877 STAR Cryoelectronics, LLC Next-Generation Energy Dispersive Spectrometer for X-Ray Microanalysis

1H1117

New York JVL $1,090,000 $1,094,568 Hampshire Instruments, Inc. Solid-State Laser Technology for Point-Source X-Ray Lithography

2H3034

New York JVL $3,506,139 $3,761,381 General Electric Company Nanoengineered Thermal Interfaces Enabling Next Generation Microelectronics

2H3042

New York SA $1,739,322 $2,087,186 Starfire Systems Ceramic Matrix Composite Boards for SOP and SIP Electronic Packaging

4H1520

New York SA $1,987,530 $1,422,386 IBM Corporation, T.J. Watson Research Center Conducting Polymers: Three Dimensional Engineering for Advanced Applications

5H1103

New York SA $482,168 $670,889 GE Research (formerly GE Corporate R&D) Novel Synthetic Fused Quartz for Semiconductor Manufacturing

2H1252

North Carolina SA $1,956,853 $434,734 Cree Inc. (formerly Cree Research Inc. Advancement of Monocrystalline Silicon Carbide Growth Processes
8H4009 Oregon SA $1,581,605 $727,538

FEI Company, Micrion Division (formerly Micrion Corp)

Early Prototype Non-Gallium Ion Beam for Lithography and Wafer Manufacturing

8H4010 Oregon SA $1,996,798 $3,369,652

Cascade Microtech, Inc.

Membrane Probes for Wafer, Package, and Substrate Testing

8H4021 Pennsylvania JVL $2,936,781 $3,594,790

ChemIcon, Inc.

Chemical Imaging for Semiconductor Metrology

0H3030 Texas JVL $3,119,859 $4,271,618

TriQuint Semiconductor Texas, L.P.

Advanced HBT Power Amplifier Technology for Broadband Communications Systems

0H3034 Texas JVL $9,395,604 $9,779,101

nLine Corporation

Digital Holographic Inspection of Semiconductor Devices

4H3012 Texas JVL $17,623,118 $19,167,367

Molecular Imprints, Inc.

Nano-Imprint Lithography Infrastructure for Low Cost Replication at the 65 nm Node and Beyond

7H3041 Texas JVL $2,394,319 $2,492,049

Advanced Micro Devices

Agent-Enhanced Manufacturing System Initiative

0H3018 Texas SA $1,452,110 $494,839

Asyst Connectivity Technologies, Inc. (formerly Domain Logix Corporation)

Intelligent Equipment for Semiconductor Manufacturing

4H1513 Texas SA $1,639,000 $798,000

MicroFab Technologies, Inc.

Solder Jet Technology Development

5H1064 Texas SA $1,971,000 $3,588,000

Texas Instruments, Inc.

Ultra-Low k Dielectric Materials for High-Performance Interconnects

4H3033 Virginia SA $1,999,986 $1,512,032

Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc.

Unified Radio Architecture - A Cognitive Radio Platform

TOTAL $224,727,108 $230,241,430

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Date created: July 11, 2006
Last updated: September 15, 2006

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