Microelectronics Technical Center
The
Microelectronics Technical Center provides high value-added services to
MITRE and its clients in the areas of microelectronics, digital equipment, microwaves, and optics.
Center Services
The Microelectronics Technical Center focuses on three major areas for
MITRE and its customers:
- Expert guidance for system design, technology insertion, modernization,
risk reduction, and cost estimation.
- Effective assessment of proposals, designs, and fielded systems through
a unique combination of system knowledge, microelectronics expertise,
and laboratory facilities.
- Rapid and affordable development of architectures, components, and
subsystems using state-of-the-art computer-aided-engineering tools and
hardware prototyping and testing.
Core Competencies
- Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
- Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMICs)
- Microwave Engineering RF, Digital, Mixed Signal, and Optical Design and Prototyping
- Optics and Photonics
- Design Automation
Staff Skills
Technology Insertion
- Architecture development
- Technology recommendations
- Prototype system design and testing
- Contractor support
- Risk reduction
Device Engineering
- VLSI/MMIC chip design
- Electro-optic device design
- Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
- CAE evaluation
- CAE integration
- Modelling and simulation
Manufacturing Technology
- IC fabrication
- Packaging assessment
- Risk reduction
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