Amorphyx innovates at the intersection of materials science and electronics. The Company has developed a family of thin film electronic devices - transistor, diode and sensor - based on quantum tunneling physics. This family of devices promises to replace semiconductor-based electronic devices in analog/mixed-signal applications through the combination of higher performance, simplified manufacturing and order-of-magnitude lower manufacturing facility capex requirements.
The Company combined expertise in amorphous metals and the creation of high-quality thin films in developing the worldwide-patented Amorphous Metal Nonlinear Resistor (AMNR) device and PECVD-based manufacturing process for LCD backplanes. The AMNR technology also serves as the foundation for the patent-pending Amorphous Metal Hot Electron Transistor (AMHET) device. AMHET is a drop-in replacement for thin film transistors in both flat-panel and flexible displays, eliminating the need for complexfabrication techniquesand compound semiconductor materials to produce high-performance displays.
Ongoing AMHET development promises to produce a replacement for silicon and compound semiconductor-based transistors in the physical layer for wireless communications during 2017. The AMHET technology - with terahertz switching speeds and very low electronic noise - is idea for performance equivalence with existing semiconductor technologies in combination with order-of-magnitude cost reduction in the fabrication of RF, analog and data converter circuitry.
Industry
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
HQ Location
508 SW Jefferson Ave
Corvallis, Oregon 97333, US
Keywords
Amorphous Metal Nonlinear Resistor (AMNR) Backplane TechnologiesLCD and Flexible Backplane technologyThin-film electronic devicesAmorphous metal thin filmsAluminum oxide PECVD thin films