Non-Volatile Memory for Extreme Environments
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking Direct to Phase II proposals under the Small Business Innovation Research program to develop a co-packaged, temperature-hardened and radiation-tolerant NOR Flash non-volatile memory system. Performers must fabricate, package, and test a 32Mb memory system incorporating a non-volatile memory array and necessary peripheral control logic capable of operating in extreme environments. Realized designs must survive a temperature envelope of -250 degrees Celsius to 600 degrees Celsius, support an operating frequency greater than 1 MHz, endure 10 to the 6th power read and write cycles, and withstand a total ionizing dose of 2 Mrad. Proposers must submit prior hardware and simulation data demonstrating feasibility to qualify for this 24-month program, which requires delivering ten packaged prototype units with interface boards by the final month.