Title :
Considering the Future of Microsystems Technology on the Occasion of DARPA´s 50th Anniversary
Abstract :
The paper presents the challenges in the field of microsystems technology development of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its future projects. Among them are: the challenge of maintaining and exploiting the opportunities embodied by Moore´s law; exploiting precision materials deposition and control over composition and device structure of semiconductor material to attain the highest possible frequency and circuit speed; managing the properties of infrared materials, exploiting the advances in IC manufacturing; and harnessing the advances in photonics.
Keywords :
integrated circuits; military equipment; military systems; semiconductor technology; DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; IC manufacturing; Moore law; circuit speed; highest possible frequency; infrared materials; microsystems technology; photonics; precision material; semiconductor material; Application specific integrated circuits; Investments; Microelectronics; Microwave transistors; Moore´s Law; Semiconductor materials; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2008.2004307
