Fiscal Year:
1987
Title:
ON-WAFER TESTING OF MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MMICS)
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$45,118.00
Abstract:
WAFER PROBING IS THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN WAFER FABRICATION, AND DEVICE PACKAGING OR HYBRID SUBSYSTEM INSERTION. FOR GAAS MMICS TO BE COST EFFECTIVE, THEY MUST BE TESTED IN A MANNER THAT IS RELIABLE, FAST, AND EFFICIENT. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH RATE, HIGH VOLUME MMIC WAFER PROBING. PHASE I OF THIS PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE AN EXPERIMENT USING EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND MMICS, AND RESEARCH TO DEFINE THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART, TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS WHICH MUST BE APPROACHED. HARDWARE COMPATIBLE WITH ACCURATE, HIGH-SPEED MICROWAVE TESTING, AND TECHNIQUES FOR INTERFACING THIS EQUIPMENT TO MMICS ON-WAFER WILL BE INVESTIGATED. REDUCING THE COST OF THE FINAL MMIC DEVICE BY EFFECTIVE SORTING OF DIE IS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK.
Principal Investigator:
Phillip w wallace
2016685000
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Anadigics Inc
35 Technology Dr Warren, NJ 07060
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No