Background (revised 11/99)

• 18 OET-related Awards since 1991
• $159.9 M total R&D
• $82.2 M industry
• $77.7 M ATP
• Involving
  • 34 companies
  • 2 industry consortia
  • 3 universities
  • 1 gov't laboratory
  • plus subcontractors

Organic Electronics-Related Awards (since 1991, revised 11/99)

• INTERCONNECTION
  7 Awards: $62.9 M Total / $29.1 M ATP

1998

Ultra-Low Dielectric Constant Materials for Integrated Circuit Interconnects, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI

Advanced Embedded Passives Technology, Advanced Embedded Passives Technology Consortium, NCMS, Ann Arbor, MI

Optical Polymers and Manufacturing Processes for Low-Cost WDM Devices and Systems, Lightwave Microsystems, Santa Clara, CA

1994

Ultra-Low k Dielectric Materials for High-Performance Interconnects, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

1993

Conducting Polymers: Three Dimensional Engineering for Advanced Applications, IBM Corporation, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

1992

Polymeric Switches for Optical Interconnects, IBM Corporation, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Low Dielectric Foams for Microelectronics Applications, IBM Corporation, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

• MEMORY
  2 Awards: $34.2 M Total / $16.8 M ATP

1997

Enabling Technology for a Digital Video Optical Tape Recorder of High-Resolution Motion Imagery, LOTS Technology, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

1995

Technology Development for Optical-Tape-Based Rapid Access Affordable Mass Storage (TRAAMS), Terabank Systems, Inc., Campbell, CA

• POWER
  4 Awards: $30.7 M Total / $15.1 M ATP

1999

Advanced Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Sulfur Batteries, PolyPlus Battery Company, Berkeley, CA

1998

Advanced Lithium Solid Polymer Battery Development, Ultralife Batteries, Inc., Newark, NY

Advanced Materials and Processes for Cost-Effective High-Power Ultracapacitor Modules, Maxwell Energy Products, Inc., San Diego, CA

Higher Voltage, Lower Impedance Aerogel Ultracapacitor, PowerStor Corp., Dublin, CA

• DISPLAY/ILLUMINATION
  4 Awards: $28.4 M Total / $14.9 M ATP

1998

Improved Materials Performance for Market Penetration of Crossed Beam Volumetric Displays, 3D Technology Laboratories, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

1995

Tailored Optical Polymers Through a Novel Catalyst System (TOPCAT), BFGoodrich Company, Brecksville, OH

1993

Optically Controlled Alignment Materials for Liquid-Crystal Displays, Elsicon, Inc., Wilmington, DE

1992

Electrochromic Materials, 3M, St. Paul, MN

• SENSORS
  1 Award: $3.8 M Total / $1.7 M ATP

  1999

  Integrated MEMS Reactor Gas Monitor Using Novel Thin Film Chemistry for the Closed Loop Process Control and Optimization of Plasma Etch and Clean Reactions in the Manufacturing of Microelectronics, ATMI, Inc., Danbury, CT

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