The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) is one of seven current organizational divisions of
DARPA
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responsible for the development of new technology for the
United States Armed Forces
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. It is sometimes referred to as the Microelectronics Technology Office.
The office focuses on development of
microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), also written as micro-electro-mechanical systems (or microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems) and the related micromechatronics and microsystems constitute the technology of microscopic devices, ...
(MEMS), electronics,
algorithm
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s,
systems architecture A system architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and more views of a system. An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning about the ...
, and
photonics
Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though ...
.
History
MTO was established by
Arati Prabhakar
Arati Prabhakar (born February 2, 1959) is an American engineer serving as the 12th director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Science Advisor to the President since Oct ...
.
It is currently led by Director Dr. Mark Rosker.
Projects
A detailed description of each project is available on the DARPA/MTO website
* Adaptive radar Countermeasures (ARC) https://www.darpa.mil/program/adaptive-radar-countermeasures
* Adaptive Focal Plane Array (AFPA)
* Adaptive RF Technologies (ART) https://www.darpa.mil/program/adaptive-rf-technologies
* Advanced Wide FOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation (AWARE) https://www.darpa.mil/program/advanced-wide-fov-architectures-for-image-reconstruction-and-exploitation
* Advanced X-Ray Integrated Sources (AXiS)
* Analog Logic (AL)
* Analog-to-Information (A-TO-I) Look Through
* Architecture for Diode High Energy Laser Systems (ADHELS)
* Black Diamond
* Carbon Electronics for RF Applications (CERA)
* Casimir Effect Enhancement (CEE)
* Centers in Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPHER)
* Chip to Chip Optical Interconnects (C2OI)
* Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks (CSAC)
* Chip-Scale Vacuum Micro Pumps (CSVMP)
* Compact Mid-Ultraviolet Technology (CMUVT)
* Compact Ultra-Stable Gyro for Absolute Reference (COUGAR)
* DARPA/ONR Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge
* Data in Optical Domain Network (DOD-N)
* Dialysis-Like Therapeutics (DLT)
* Discharge Excited Catalytic Oxygen Iodine Laser (DECOIL)
* Diverse Accessible Heterogeneous Integration (DAHI) https://www.darpa.mil/program/diverse-accessible-heterogeneous-integration
* Dynamic Range-enhanced Electronics and Materials (DREaM) https://www.darpa.mil/program/dynamic-range-enhanced-electronics-and-materials
* Efficient Linearized All-Silicon Transmitter ICs (ELASTx)
* Electric Field Detector (E-FED)
* EXCALIBUR https://www.darpa.mil/program/excalibur
* Focus Center Research Program (FCRP)
* Gratings of Regular Arrays and Trim Exposures (GRATE)
* Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security (GAPS)
* Hemispherical Array Detector for Imaging (HARDI)
* High Frequency Integrated Vacuum Electronics (HIFIVE)
* High Operating Temperature Mid Wave Infrared (HOTMWIR)
* High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS)
* Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (Hi-MEMS)
* In Vivo Nanoplatforms (IVN)
* Integrity and Reliability of Integrated Circuits (IRIS)
* Intrachip/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) https://www.darpa.mil/program/intrachip-interchip-enhanced-cooling
* Leading Edge Access Program (LEAP)
* Living Foundries
* Low Cost Thermal Imager (LCTI-M) https://www.darpa.mil/program/low-cost-thermal-imager-manufacturing
* Maskless Nanowriter
* Mesodynamic Architectures (Meso)
* Micro Cryogenic Coolers (MCC)
* Micro Isotope Power Sources (MIPS)
* Microscale Plasma Devices (MPD)
* Micro-Technology for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (Micro-PNT)
* Nano Electro Mechanical Computers (NEMS)
* Nanoscale Architecture for Coherent Hyper-Optic Sources (NACHOS)
* NEMS MEMS Science and Technology Fundamentals
* Nitride Electronic NeXt-Generation Technology (NEXT)
* Non Volatile Logic (NV LOGIC)
* Optical Radiation Cooling and Heating in Integrated Devices (ORCHID)
* Photon Counting Arrays (PCAR)
*
Photonically Optimized Embedded Microprocessors
The Photonically Optimized Embedded Microprocessors (POEM) is DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emer ...
(POEM) https://www.darpa.mil/program/photonically-optimized-embedded-microprocessors
* Power Efficiency Revolution for Embedded Computing Technologies (PERFECT) https://www.darpa.mil/program/power-efficiency-revolution-for-embedded-computing-technologies
* Quantum Entanglement Science and Technology (QUEST)
* Reliable Neural-Interface Technology (RE-NET)
* RF Photonic Technologies (RPT)
* Self HEALing Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits (HEALICS)
* Sensor Tape
* Short-Range, Wide Field-of-View Extremely agile, Electronically Steered Photonic Emitter (SWEEPER)
* Spin Torque Transfer Random Access Memory (STT-RAM)
* Thermal Management Technologies (TMT)
* THz Electronics
* Tip Based Nanofabrication (TBN)
* Trusted Integrated Circuits (TRUST)
* Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC)
* Ultrabeam
References
External links
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