Air Force grant to fund nanoscale electronics research.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1 million grant to a semiconductor research center at Washington State University to fund research in nanoscale electronics for a new era of advanced satellite technology.
The grant—awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV)—will enable WSU’s Center for Design of Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC) to develop nanoscale circuits for defense and intelligent systems.
Research will also advance consumer electronics
It is anticipated that the research will also lead to advancements in the next generation of consumer electronics.
“This research will add to the already stellar record of CDADIC’s professionals in mixed-signal design,” said Lt. John Demello of AFRL. “The center will focus on research for high-speed interconnects, reconfigurable analog-to-digital converters, and modeling methods that will aid in the nanoscale revolution.”
Technology will reduce satellite launch and design costs
Nanoscale electronics is a field in which electronic circuits are designed using devices with dimensions below 100 nanometers, or approximately 100 times smaller than a human red blood cell. For space applications, this technology is critical in reducing launch and design costs of increasingly complex satellites.
The grant will also support 20-30 fellowships to graduate and undergraduate U.S. students to work on center research.
“There is an approaching crisis in the number of U.S. citizens being trained in microelectronics,” said John Ringo, CDADIC director and professor in WSU’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “Increasing the number of students in this field is essential to expanding the domestic workforce in an area that has an important impact on our economy.”
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