NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Jet Propulsion Laboratory  
1993 Phase II 

3-D Chip Stacking to Build Cameras, Computers 

Irvine Sensors Corporation  

Costa Mesa, CA 
 

INNOVATION 
    3-D stack technology for different types of integrated circuits that can provide sugar cube size cameras
3-D Stacked Module from Different Integrated Circuits
3-D Stacked Module from Different 
Integrated Circuits
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
    • Produced neo-wafers by potting chips that can be thinned and stacked
    • Re-routing the electrical connections so that electrical connections can be made along the stacked edge
COMMERCIALIZATION 
    • 3-D stacking technology basis for $1.0 million contract with Boeing for miniature computer (mobile voice activated computers for soldiers)
    • Digital camera conversions for 35mm cameras
    • Complex systems for portable electronics
     
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
    • Various NASA mission requiring highly integrated instruments such as Mars landers and rovers
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