Ozark IC Selected as MassChallenge 2020 Finalist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Contact: Dr. Ian Getreu, Director, Business Development Phone: +1 (503) 888-2372 Email:  Getreu@OzarkIC.com Ozark IC is one of 48 companies selected to compete for the 2020 MassChallenge prize. The finalists were selected from 244 companies from 34 countries. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS September 2020 – Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc. was the only Arkansas-based company to be chosen as a finalist in the 2020 MassChallenge global contest. On Tuesday, MassChallenge, a global, zero-equity startup accelerator, announced the list of 48 companies who have made it to the final round. The full list of finalists can be found at this link: https://masschallenge.org/announcement/masschallenge-names-top-48-finalist-startups-from-2020-austin-boston-houston-and-rhode-island-cohorts The 48 finalists were selected from the initial pool of 244 startups through a process of presentations and evaluations […]

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Ozark IC Completes One Year of Successful Ultra-Violet Detection on the International Space Station

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Contact: Dr. Ian Getreu, Director, Business Development Email:  info@ozarkic.com Dr. A. Matt Francis, Ozark IC’s founder & CEO, to present a paper at the ISS Research and Development (ISS R&D) Conference next week (September 24) on the mission and its Grafana-based data mining and display system FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS September 2020 – A paper titled “A Year on the ISS: Real-time UV Data Acquisition on the MISSEE Platform” will be presented by Dr. A. Matt Francis next week at 1:30pm (Central) on September 24, 2020 in the Technology Development and Demonstration track of the ISSRD Conference (https://www.issconference.org). This paper will describe the one-year UV detection project on the International Space Station (ISS) and how it prompted the creation […]

Air Force Phase II SBIR Award Announcement for “High Temperature By Design (HTBD) Techniques for a Reliable, High Performance Microcontroller”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Ian Getreu, Director, Business Development Phone: +1 (503) 888-2372 Email:  Getreu@OzarkIC.com https://www.ozarkic.com U.S. Air Force Awards Ozark IC $750k SBIR Phase II Contract Ozark IC to develop 200°C microcontroller usign RISC-V processor core    FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS August 5, 2020 – Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. received word in late July that they would be receiving their third SBIR Phase II award in two months. The $750,000 contract is from the U.S. Air Force and will result in the ability to put more processing power into controls for jet engines, providing new ways for manufacturers to improve their efficiency and performance. The project will create a high-temperature processing core, based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, that will […]

Ozark IC selected by DOE for a $1.1M SBIR Phase II award to Develop High-Temperature Communication Electronics for Directional Drilling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Ian Getreu, Director, Business Development Phone: +1 (503) 888-2372 Email:  Getreu@OzarkIC.com The $1.1M 2-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Department of Energy Phase II award will enhance Ozark IC’s high-temperature platform family while targeting directional drilling in geothermal wells   FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS July 2020 – The objective of this project is a communication drill pipe system that supports directional drilling in high temperature geothermal wells by providing computational power at the drill head and linking it to a control base at the surface. There is as much as 200,000 exojoules in untapped, carbon-free energy available from geothermal resources, which is 2,000 times the annual consumption of primary energy consumed in the U.S.[1] Accessing these geothermal […]

Ozark IC to Continue Ultra-High-Temperature Processor Development for NASA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Ian Getreu, Director, Business Development Phone: +1 (503) 888-2372 Email:  Getreu@OzarkIC.com FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS May 2020 – Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. (Ozark IC) in Fayetteville, AR was selected for a $750k, two-year Phase II R&D awards from NASA. The award will allow Ozark IC to develop a high-temperature packaging and multi-chip processor system capable of long-term operation at 500oC (nearly 900 degrees F) – a vital component for Venus exploration and many other applications, such as military/aerospace companies addressing jet and hypersonic engine needs.

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An Integrated SiC Photo-Transistor for Ultraviolet Detection in High-Temperature Environments

Jim Holmes, A. Matt Francis, Nicholas Chiolino, Matthew Barlow, Sonia Perez, Ian Getreu Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc. Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA Email: holmes@ozarkic.com Article published in IEEE Sensor Applications Symposium (SAS), March 2019. Abstract— The work described herein applies a patented integrated silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar junction transistor (BJT) to the detection of ultraviolet (UV) light in situ for extreme-temperature environments. An integrated SiC BJT provides four important capabilities for UV detection in extreme environments: (1) The miniaturization of detectors and readout circuits through micron-scaled integrated circuit (IC) lithography; (2) the high-temperature operation of SiC ICs; (3) long-term reliability of SiC at high temperatures; and (4) the deep-UV responsivity of 4H-SiC. The design, manufacture and electrical characterization of a SiC photo-transistor […]

Ozark IC is at GOMAC Tech!

Ozark IC is attending the 2019 Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference in Albuquerque, NM this week March (25-28, 2019) .  Attending?  If you have interest in setting up a one on one, please email info@ozarkic.com to make an appointment to discuss high temperature electronics, packaging and test.