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CHIPS FOR AMERICA

CHIPS for America Awards

Activate – Berkeley, CA

Award Amount: $5,000,000

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS R&D Office

The purpose of this grant is to establish an Entrepreneurial Fellowship Pilot program that will fund up to 10 early-stage companies ("Fellows") focused on innovations in semiconductor manufacturing technologies. The Pilot will establish a framework for other CHIPS-funded businesses to integrate innovative semiconductor ideas and technology into the semiconductor R&D ecosystem.

Polar Semiconductor (Minnesota) – Bloomington, MN

Award Amount: $123 million in direct funding

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS Program Office

The CHIPS for America award will provide the company with up to $123 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand and modernize the company’s manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, doubling its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years.

Virtual EM, Inc – Ann Arbor, MI

Award Amount: $277,930

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a Radio Frequency (RF) channel sounder system to accurately characterize the effects of the wireless environment. This project will benefit microelectronics companies and research institutions focused on communication technologies.

ReconRF – San Diego, CA

Award Amount: $286,787

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop next-generation large-signal and high-power transistor modeling techniques to create highly accurate models for Radio Frequency (RF)-Microwave circuit design simulators. This project will benefit researchers and U.S. manufacturers of advanced radar, communications, and satellite technologies.

Hummingbird Precision Machine Co. Dba Hummingbird Scientific – Olympia, WA

Award Amount: $283,500

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a transmission electron microscopy in-situ specimen holder that enables real-time imaging of nano-scale electronic devices. The project will benefit manufacturers and researchers of next-generation high-voltage power converters used in a wide variety of industries.

Tiptek LLC – West Chester, PA

Award Amount: $289,999

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop new high-speed nanoprobes to enhance the ability for semiconductor failure analysis to locate and analyze to detect "soft" electrical faults that occur on the most advanced semiconductors and are otherwise difficult to detect. This project will benefit researchers and semiconductor failure analysis engineers in the U.S. semiconductor industry.

The Provenance Chain Network – Portland, OR

Award Amount: $283,427

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a reference implementation of the Commercial Trust™ Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property, enhancing hardware security, and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain industry.

Vapor Cell Technologies – Boulder, CO

Award Amount: $257,367

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop advanced dimensional metrology tools for semiconductor fabrication equipment to minimize the gap in the physical-digital divide and amplifying the accuracy of digital twins. This project will benefit the U.S. microelectronics supply chain.

Direct Electron LP – Rancho Bernardo, CA

Award Amount: $289,292

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a novel high-speed camera for high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction and transmission Kikuchi diffraction which will significantly expand the materials properties that can be probed with this technique. This project will benefit U.S. industry using materials characterization for current and next-generation microelectronics devices.

Photon Spot, Inc. – Monrovia, CA

Award Amount: $283,393

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop an ultra-compact, ultra-low vibration cryogenic system to support time-resolved imaging applications. This project will benefit integrated circuit manufacturers and researchers conducting experiments on quantum technologies.

Sigray Inc. – Concord, CA

Award Amount: $289,703

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a novel linear accumulation x-ray source to achieve an order of magnitude increase in performance over leading x-ray sources for critical dimension scattering. This project benefits researchers and manufacturers of semiconductor transistors.

PrimeNano Inc. – Santa Clara, CA

Award Amount: $259,848

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a measurement technology for in-line metrology, which has applications in materials purity, electrical properties, three-dimensional devices, and next generation manufacturing. This project will benefit the U.S. metrology and advanced packaging industries.

Steam Instruments, Inc. – Madison, WI

Award Amount: $289,529

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a rapid and accurate high-resolution ion microscopy technology for materials characterization particularly focused on challenges for the semiconductor industry. This project will benefit the U.S. semiconductor industry and researchers.

Exigent Solutions – Frisco, TX

Award Amount: $289,965

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop AI-powered software to automate chip design optimization for manufacturability through accelerated lithography simulation. This project will benefit U.S. researchers and industry involve in semiconductor design and manufacturing.

Photothermal Spectroscopy Corporation – Santa Barbara, CA

Award Amount: $283,489

CHIPS Organization

CHIPS SBIR

Develop a new instrument for high-speed thermal properties analysis and simultaneous chemical characterization with sub-micron spatial resolution. This project will improve thermal management and thermal property characterization for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Created September 6, 2024, Updated September 19, 2024