CRYSTAL SONIC, INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase II: 4-Photo
CRYSTAL SONIC, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where National Aeronautics and Space Administration funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $899,561 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code 4-Photo links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $899,561
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- 4-Photo
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- AZ
- Period
- 2023-09-29 → 2024-12-28
Description
High substrate costs limit the proliferation of many next-generation semiconductor device applications, such as high-efficiency GaAs-based photovoltaics for space applications, often consuming 50% of the cell manufacturing cost. We propose a novel substrate re-use technology, known as Sonic Lift-off (SLO), to drive down the costs of space photovoltaic manufacturing. SLO utilizes sound to separate thin devices from their host substrate, leaving the remaining substrate available for multiple reuses. A key milestone in the march towards commercialization is the ability to demonstrate the technology at industrially relevant wafer diameters and on real-world functioning devices. In this proposal we plan to build upon our successes to date in Phase I, moving from 4" wafer SLO feasibilityto functioning 4" device feasibility and optimization. For this effort, a new SLO alpha tool ('Gen2') will be built and operated in order to demonstrate overall performance.