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Professor Michael Steer

Michael Steer and Jon-Paul Maria have been awarded $1,112,900 by the Defense Microelectronics Activity for research on High Performance Tunable Materials.

The award will run from October 19th, 2009 to April 30th, 2011.

Research Abstract - The team of North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Teledyne Scientific & Imaging (TSI) will develop tunable materials in accordance with the Defense Microelectronic Activity (DMEA) High Performance Tunable Materials Program (HPTM Task 09-9C3). The materials development effort will be founded on combinatorial synthesis methods ideally suited to solving issues of defect chemistry which regulate the relationships between the non-linear dielectric response and dielectric loss. Furthermore, a powerful combination of microwave theory and electromagnetic simulations will be used to identify the best methods for incorporating ferroelectric capacitors into microwave circuits. Finally, this collective learning will be translated into a set of prototype microwave circuits of military and commercial interest. These will demonstrate the potential for improved wireless systems through integration of functional advanced ferroelectric thin films.