PECVD for LEO

LEO 的 PECVD

• 批准号: 10074540
• 金额: $ 9.86万
• 依托单位: SPACE FORGE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074540
• 关键词: PECVD; LEO

Space Forge is an in-space manufacturing company, transforming the return from space to enable revolutionary products for the benefit of humanity.We intend to harness the unique environment of low Earth orbit (LEO), namely ultra-high low impurity vacuum, low external temperatures and high quality microgravity to manufacture and return new and better materials than can be made terrestrially.Our primary manufacturing focus will be on plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) of ultra-high quality compound semiconductor base materials for the electronics industry. No such commercial capability exists in the UK, in-space or terrestrially, and is a significant sovereign supply chain gap that Space Forge will fill. PECVD for LEO is a feasibility project that specifically looks at the optimisation and energy efficiency of our manufacturing tooling and processes in a way that is tailored to help scale-up the manufacture of semiconductor crystals within the confines of satellite payloads.

Space Forge是一家太空制造公司，将从太空返回转变为造福人类的革命性产品。我们打算利用低地球轨道（LEO）的独特环境，即超高低杂质真空，低的外部温度和高质量的微重力，以制造和返回新的和更好的材料比可以在陆地上。我们的主要制造重点将是等离子体-用于电子工业的超高质量化合物半导体基础材料的增强化学气相沉积（PECVD）。在英国，无论是在太空还是在陆地上，都不存在这样的商业能力，这是Space Forge将填补的一个重要的主权供应链缺口。LEO的PECVD是一个可行性项目，专门着眼于我们的制造工具和工艺的优化和能源效率，以帮助在卫星有效载荷范围内扩大半导体晶体的制造。