Tiptek Awarded Phase I SBIR Funding from the CHIPS Metrology Program
September 18, 2024 – Tiptek has been awarded Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the CHIPS Metrology Program. This SBIR project aims to create a new and critically-needed semiconductor manufacturing metrology: Gigahertz SEM-based nanoprobes.
Current nanoprober technology is limited to DC or megahertz frequency probing, which is orders of magnitude slower than the current chip clock speeds of about six gigahertz and limits the ability of semiconductor failure analysis engineers to locate and analyze high frequency electrical faults. The emergence of next-generation gate-all-around (GAA) transistor technology and ground-breaking
Tiptek Awarded Competitive Grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation
September 15, 2024 – Tiptek has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to conduct research and development (R&D) work on ultrasharp nanoprobes for semiconductor diagnostics.
This SBIR Phase I project aims to improve nanoprobing by enabling the technique to probe smaller and more complex electrical devices for longer periods of time. The improved semiconductor nanoprobes that are the focus of this project will greatly enable those who develop and apply the most advanced microelectronics for an array of products across the private commercial and
Tiptek Received Phase I SBIR Funding from DOE’S Advanced Material & Manufacturing Technologies Office
July 19, 2024 – Tiptek received Phase I SBIR funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Material & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO). This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project aims to meet a critical national need by developing improved methods to fabricate quantum computers, as part of the EES2 goal of increasing microelectronics energy efficiency one-thousand-fold in the next 20 years.
The potential commercial applications of quantum computers lie in several technology sectors, including cybersecurity, materials and pharmaceuticals, banking and finance, and advanced manufacturing. In particular, three principal applications
Tiptek Co-Founders Honored at DOE’s FY 2022 Annual Small Business Award Ceremony
We are pleased to share that Tiptek recently received the FY 2022 SBIR/STTR Small Business of the Year Award presented at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Annual Small Business Award Ceremony. Tiptek co-founders, Dr. Scott Lockledge, Prof. Joseph Lyding, and Prof. Gregory Girolami, attended the ceremony on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana and accepted the prestigious award.