NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Glenn Research Center  
1986 - 1988 Phase II 

High Volume Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Device Wafer Production 

Kopin Corporation  

Taunton, MA 
 

INNOVATION 
    Advanced heterostructure devices for     microwave communications
Epitaxial Layer Structure
Epitaxial Layer Structure
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
    • Introduced the first carbon-doped Heterojunction Bipolar  Transistor (HBT) Device Wafer to commercial market
    • Introduced InGaP HBT Device Wafer for High Reliability Applications
COMMERCIALIZATION 
    • Leading provider of HBT Device Wafers in world wide markets
    • Commercial sales increased 6x, from ~$3M in 1995 to est. $18M in 1998
    • HBT L-Band Power Amplifiers (PA) Rapidly Penetrating Cellular Handset
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
    • HBT Circuits used as high power X-band radar  applications
    • HBT will migrate to higher frequency microwave communication applications
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