Mosaic Microsystems

Semiconductor manufacturers use internationally agreed upon, known-value material artifacts to weigh improvements in market share against the cost of switching to materials that may improve performance. Today, no such standard exists for complex permittivity, which is a key property necessary for the design of any semiconductor electronic device. As a result, a raw material producer (suppliers such as Murata) and a material consumer (foundry such as Intel) may disagree on the measured value of the complex permittivity of a given sample and currently have no mutually agreed upon method to know the correct value. This CHIPS proposal develops a traceability path for complex permittivity and develops new standard reference materials for complex permittivity up to 80 GHz (for 5G and computing applications) and potentially up to 325 GHz (for 6G and photonics applications).

Estimated value

$250K - $499K

Contract type

Unknown

• NAICS334413
• PSC334413