MILPITAS, Calif. – September 4, 2024 – The MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG), a SEMI Technology Community, today announced an updated Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development and manufacture of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) components and systems. The full RFP contains information on the submission process.
The MSIG PNT program, a public-private partnership with the U.S Army Research Laboratory, advances PNT solutions that pinpoint the position of stationary and mobile assets and enable their navigation under mission-critical situations. SEMI MSIG expects to announce multiple awards to teams or U.S. organizations with a diverse range of research and development capabilities. White paper proposals are due September 23, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PDT.
Specific focus areas identified by the MSIG Technical Council include:
Thrust Area 1: Novel Materials, Fabrication, Packaging, and Testing Techniques for Low-SWaP Inertial and PNT Sensors
Thrust Area 2: Advanced Active and Passive Integrated Photonics for Low-SWaP Atomic Clocks, Quantum Systems, and PNT Sensors
Thrust Area 3: Advancements Towards Low-SWaP-C, GPS-Free PNT Technologies
Subject matter experts from the SEMI MSIG Technical Advisory and Governing Councils and the U.S Department of Defense will evaluate, prioritize, review, and manage the proposals and their resulting projects. Funding granted by SEMI MSIG must be matched with funds in the form of cash and in-kind contributions from the grant recipient to cover total project costs. On average, the industry has covered nearly 60% of the funding for the previous PNT development projects.
“We invite proposals that will innovate and push the leading-edge in MEMS devices and their manufacture,” said Tim Brosnihan, executive director of SEMI MSIG. “This round of funding marks the third of the 5-year project.”
The intent of the R&D funding is to build on phase two of the SEMI MSIG PNT program, as well as identify new areas and approaches to PNT solutions for GPS-denied environments. Emphasis will be placed on system solutions, including but not limited to software, sensor fusion, cost-effective process innovation, advanced packaging solutions, component innovations, and disruptive materials development.
R&D may cover software, hardware, and advanced packaging requirements of optical and MEMS-based positioning and timing systems that improve bias stability and reduce sensor noise. Technical solutions will need to address the total GPS-denied problem, meeting the system-level performance necessary to advance the state of the art.
SEMI MSIG will provide information about the RFP during a webinar to be held from 8:00-9:00 a.m. PDT on September 6, 2024.
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