GaN on SiC Radar/EW MMIC Production Capacity

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	Federal Grant Title:	GaN on SiC Radar/EW MMIC Production Capacity
	CFDA Number:	12.800
	CFDA Description:	Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Air Force Research Lab
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	BAA-04-08-PKM-CALL-17
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Dec 23, 2009
	Creation Date:	Dec 23, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 19, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 19, 2010
	Archive Date:	Mar 21, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The DPA Title III gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) Radar/EW monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) Production Capability Project will establish a domestic, economically viable, open-foundry merchant supplier production capability for narrow and wideband MMICs employing GaN epitaxy on 100mm SiC substrates. An open-foundry merchant supplier is one whose business model makes its production capabilities available for use by external companies to fabricate chips to their own specifications. It is evidenced by the presence of a process design kit (PDK) that captures the design rules and processes in a manner that allows external users to design chips that meet their needs in a small number (preferable first pass) of design iterations. The overarching goal of this project is to achieve a manufacturing readiness level (MRL) of 8, which means that the processes for manufacturing S-Band and wide bandwidth (6 18 GHz) GaN on SiC MMIC components have been approved by the Recipient's Technical/Management Review Board for release to production and are ready to support Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP). Related objectives are to demonstrate relatively high yields and reliability and to reduce cost and throughput times for S-band and wide bandwidth GaN on SiC Power Amplifiers (PAs) of specified complexity. See http://www.dodmrl.com for further information about Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRAs) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://www.fbo.gov/index?mode=form&id=30114f023f944bd3d0eb457ce4e6b9f0&tab=ntype
Grant Announcement Contact: Dianna C. Aniton Contracting Officer 937-656-7197

For assistance and/or information [dianna.aniton@wpafb.af.mil]
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