SBIR Phase I: Thermal Spray Fabrication of Anti-Ferroelectrics for ESD Protection

SBIR 第一阶段：用于 ESD 保护的反铁电体热喷涂制造

• 批准号: 1248825
• 负责人: James Wobith
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: CSquared Innovations, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1248825&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Thermal; Spray; Fabrication

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating anti-ferroelectric (AFE) thin-films for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection using a novel laser-assisted atmospheric plasma deposition platform. The state-of-the-art in ESD protection offers inadequate protection to increasingly compact and sensitive electronic devices, trading off signal bandwidth for circuit protection and limiting the evolution of new applications. A scalable plasma spray fabrication process will be developed for an AFE ceramic which has previously been demonstrated at laboratory scale to have unmatched capacitance change for use in multi-layered ceramic capacitors (MLCC). Tape-casting and other conventional fabrication approaches have proven inadequate for this MLCC application whereas the plasma spray fabrication technology has already successfully produced battery components and functional coatings with similar properties, and it is anticipated that it can create the approximately five-micron films required for decoupling the switching field and capacitance and creating an MLCC that dissipates large energies at low voltages. Completion of this Phase I SBIR project will yield a technical understanding of the precursors, deposition parameters, and component specifications necessary to develop and scale a manufacturing tool in Phase II and introduce a disruptive technology into the multi-billion dollar ESD market.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the establishment of a scalable technique for the mass-manufacture of MLCCs which can address the increasing threat of ESD to electronics as component sizes continue to decrease under Moore's Law. This AFE material fabrication/deposition innovation will allow the creation of new MLCCs which offer an improved trade-off between signal bandwidth and circuit protection be achieving AFE switching at low voltages. Deployment of such a manufacturing tool will position the team as a key supplier to automotive electronics manufacturers for MLCCs on control modules and other circuit systems. It will also enable the niche supply of MLCCs and components that are 10-15 times more efficient than currently available products for high voltage, high energy density and pulse power applications for aerospace, defense, and other industrial and military applications. In addition to supporting U.S. technology leadership and the resurgence of domestic manufacturing, this project will increase the technical understanding required to make parallel, privately-funded advances in related technologies such as AFE ceramic capacitors for high frequency, fast discharge power electronics, and solid-state thin-film batteries.

这个小型企业创新研究阶段的I项目将证明使用新型激光辅助大气等离子体沉积平台制造抗铁（AFE）薄膜进行静电放电（ESD）保护的可行性。 ESD保护的最新作品提供了对日益紧凑和敏感的电子设备的保护不足，从而将信号带宽交换以进行电路保护并限制新应用程序的演变。将为AFE陶瓷开发可扩展的等离子体喷雾制造工艺，以前在实验室尺度上证明，在多层陶瓷电容器（MLCC）中使用了无与伦比的电容变化。事实证明，该MLCC应用已证明磁带铸造和其他常规制造方法不足，而血浆喷雾制造技术已经成功地生产了具有相似特性的电池组件和功能性涂料，并且可以预期它可以创建大约五个微膜片，以消除开关野外和能力降低降低量，并散发出MLCC的降低。 这一I阶段SBIR项目的完成将对预先体现，沉积参数和组件规范产生技术理解，以开发和扩展II阶段中的制造工具，并将颠覆性技术引入数十亿美元的ESD市场中。根据摩尔法律减少。 这种AFE材料的制造/沉积创新将允许创建新的MLCC，这些新MLCC可以在信号带宽和电路保护之间进行改进的权衡，从而在低压下实现AFE切换。 这种制造工具的部署将把团队作为控制模块和其他电路系统的MLCC汽车电子制造商的关键供应商。它还将使MLCC和组件的利基供应效率比当前可用的产品高10-15倍，用于高压，高能密度和脉搏功率应用，用于航空航天，国防以及其他工业和军事应用。 除了支持美国技术领导力和国内制造业的复兴外，该项目还将增加与相关技术的平行，私人资助的进步所需的技术理解，例如用于高频，快速放电电力电子设备和固态薄膜电池的AFE陶瓷电容器。