MARYLAND INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPS

MIPS Project Detail:

Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc.

Low Cost UV & IR Detector Fabrication

Project #

2932.21

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Round 

31

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Feb 2003

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Company

Blue Wave Semiconductors, Inc.

Baltimore

Baltimore City

 County
, Maryland
  |  
Founded: 

2000

  |  

Company Description: 

Blue Wave develops low-cost, reliable and customized thin film fabrication tools for the R&D market, enabling researchers to make advances in nanotechnology and thin-film research.

Blue Wave specializes in: manufacturing deposition systems and processing tools for semiconductor R&D; thin film coating and device fabrication; and providing quality thin film development services to clients such as the DoD and other large corporations.

MIPS Project

Round 

31

 - 

Feb 2003

Low Cost UV & IR Detector Fabrication

Project #

2932.21

 | 

MIPS Round 

31

 | 

Starting Date: 

Feb 2003

MIPS Project Challenge:
The goal of this MIPS project was to develop new thin-film and oxide coatings for Blue Wave’s line of semiconductors.

Project Scope:
The university team developed highly sensitive UV detectors for chemical and biological sensing, missile plume detection and monitoring radiation dose during sunbathing. The team also developed high-temperature ceramic coatings to extend the life of heaters used in semiconductor manufacturing processes.

MIPS support was the foundation for this company.
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R.D. Vispute, CEO and CTO, Blue Wave Semiconductors

Results: 

Blue Wave added 15 new jobs and over $2.5 million in revenue and grants as a direct result of the MIPS project funding.

Blue Wave Semiconductors completed five SBIR Phase I awards, three SBIR Phase II awards, and a Maryland Proof of Concept award. The company is currently located in the UMBC Technology Center in Baltimore. Blue Wave Semiconductors was a finalist for the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year in 2005.

Blue Wave’s products are sold to U.S. research institutions. The company is planning commercialization and full-scale manufacturing for its products. Blue Wave has developed its own technology and has several U.S. patents.

Principal Investigator:

Ichiro

 

Takeuchi

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Project Manager: 

Shane

 

Strieby

President

Technologies:

Materials Science