SBIR Phase I: Crystalline Ferroelectrics Combined with Transistor Technology

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在制造利用铁电特性的设备，并克服目前铁电设备商业化的障碍。MicroCoating Technologies（MCT）提出了一种新的概念，使基于铁电体的电容器能够与晶体管技术集成。铁电器件具有应用潜力，例如可调谐电容器、移相器等。如果MCT的产品计划成功，它将使更小，低噪声，高传输速率的微波器件和组件，并成功地将铁电器件商业化。可调谐微波器件的市场将继续增长，因为世界将摆脱电话线的束缚，即越来越多地使用手机。无线技术的一个行业领导者已经表达了对铁电材料的极大兴趣，并且已经确定了手机中将受益于可变电容器的许多领域。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is directed towards making devices that take advantage of ferroelectric's properties and overcome the current roadblocks in the way of commercializing ferroelectric devices. MicroCoating Technologies (MCT) proposes a novel concept that would enable ferroelectric based capacitors to be integrated with transistor technology. Ferroelectric devices have potential for applications such as tunable capacitors, phase shifters, and others. If MCT succeeds in its product plan, it would enable a smaller, low-noise, high transmission rate microwave devices and components and successfully commercialize ferroelectric devices.The market for tunable microwave devices continues to grow as the world untethers itself from telephone lines, that is the increasing use of cell phones. An industry leader in wireless technology has expressed significant interest in ferroelectric materials, and has identified a number of areas in a cell phone that would benefit from variable capacitor, for example.