SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Epitaxy of SiGe and Other Compound Semiconductors (LAR-TOPS-373)
- Notice Date
- 10/16/2023 1:18:56 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-LaRC-00136
- Response Due
- 10/16/2024 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2024
- Point of Contact
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program
- E-Mail Address
-
Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov
(Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.�NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA engineers have developed a suite of technologies that enable super-hetero-epitaxial growth of silicon germanium (SiGe) and other compound semiconductors on sapphire and other trigonal and hexagonal structure substrate wafer materials. A focus for NASA has been on the development of methods to make SiGe crystal materials for the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices for aerospace applications. This suite of technologies, however, is even more broadly applicable to making various semiconductors of Group IV, III-V, and II-VI compounds. The technologies include super-hetero-epitaxial growth using carefully engineered crystal structures/orientations combined with sputtering and control substrate heating. Also included are novel x-ray diffraction methods for detecting and mapping crystal twin defects that can arise during super-hetero-epitaxial growth. The specific case of growing highly twinned SiGe crystal layer structures for use in making high temperature thermoelectric devices is enabled as well. Several of the patented methods included in this suite of technologies enable super-hetero-epitaxy of rhombohedral/cubic compound semiconductors on specially oriented trigonal (e.g. sapphire) or hexagonal (e.g. quartz) crystal wafer substrates. This includes alignment of the growth crystal lattice with the underlying substrate lattice to minimize misfit strain-induced dislocation defects in the growing crystal. Thus thicker, defect-free crystal layers can be made. Rhombohedral/Cubic crystal twin defects which is 60 degree rotated on [111] orientation in a rhombohedral/cubic SiGe layer structure can be reduced to well less than 1% by volume, essentially providing a defect-free semiconductor material. Alternately, engineered lattice structures with a high degree of twinning can provide SiGe with improved thermoelectric properties due to the phonon scattering that inhibits thermal conduction without compromising electrical conductivity. Additional patented technologies in this suite provide for physical vapor deposition (PVD) growth methods utilizing molten sputtering targets and thermal control of heated substrates, including electron beam heating, in order to give the atoms in the sputtered vapor or on the substrate surface the energy needed for the desired crystal growth. The remaining patented technologies enable x-ray diffraction methods for detecting and mapping crystal twin defects across the entire as-grown semiconductor layer. These defects are critical to the performance of any semiconductor device manufactured from such compound semiconductor materials. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting�https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LAR-TOPS-373 If you have any questions, please e-mail NASA�s Technology Transfer Program at�Agency-Patent-Licensing@mail.nasa.gov�with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at�https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities.�No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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