NCD Diamond Semiconductor System for Advanced

Power Electronics Integration Collaboration Overview for AKHAN and Argonne National

Laboratory

November 4, 2014

diamond semiconductor

Argonne National Laboratory

Miraj Diamond

automotive, avionics, defense, telecomm.

consumer electronics

Recent Awards/Recognition

WBG semiconductor

in the next 5 yrs

up to 10x more powerful

• DiamondUltimate WBG Material

Source: Jan 21 2014 | Dept. of Energy | energy.gov

5x better Copper 22x better

Silicon Highly Enabling

Superior performance

Thinner/smaller

3 User Proposals (Center for Nanoscale Materials) Excl. licensee of ANL Low Temp.

Diamond Deposition System Cooperative Research And

Development Agreement (CRADA) with Dept. of Energy

2013 NUFO Science Exhibition For Congress

• Morphological Phase Elec. Char.

Synthesis

Fab + measurements

Post processing

Source: S. Koizumi, phys. stat. sol. (a) 172, 71 (1999)

• The FWHM remains almost same indicating high crystal quality even after ion implantation • No evidence of pitting

*Source: A.H. Khan, A.V. Sumant, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1478 (2013)

Nanocrystalline Diamond-On-

Substrate Deposited at 400C

Semiconductor devices fabricated

on the diamond MPCVD Reactor at CNM

Producing diamond by cracking methane gas using microwave plasma process

Faster supercomputers

Next Gen. Aerospace & Avionics Sensors for Harsh Environment

Automotive (HEV)

Advanced Radar & Telecomm.

Diodes

Transistors

• Initially long lead times [CRADA & License] (+4 months) Resolution since: short form and long form CRADA versions • Quicker turns on licensing discussions

This work was performed, in part, at the Center for Nanoscale Materials, a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences User Facility under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Project funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and AKHAN Technologies, Inc.