Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY) today announced that its
subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC ("TS&I”), was awarded a
contract from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA)
Microsystems Technology Office to develop terahertz electronics devices
and integrated circuits. Under DARPA’s Terahertz Electronics (THz)
program, TS&I will pursue revolutionary advances in transistor
technology, circuit design and circuit packaging to demonstrate receiver
and transmitter blocks operating at frequencies greater than 1.0 THz.
The initial Phase 1 contract is valued at $8.3 million over a 24 month
period. If all contract Phases proceed, the total contract value would
be $18.8 million for work performed through 2014.
Circuits will be designed and fabricated using TS&I’s high performance
Indium Phosphide heterojuction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology.
Transistor bandwidths will be extended to THz frequencies by scaling
transistor dimensions to less than 100 nm and implementing innovative
fabrication processes. A silicon-micromachining process will be
developed for forming batch manufactured waveguide blocks for circuit
integration.
The suite of technologies developed under the program will benefit a
large class of radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal circuits for
Department of Defense applications. TS&I has put together a world-class
team consisting of the leading research groups from NASA’s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara,
University of California at San Diego and Raytheon Integrated Defense
Systems.
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronic
subsystems, instrumentation and communication products, engineered
systems, aerospace engines, and energy and power generation systems.
Teledyne Technologies’ operations are primarily located in the United
States, the United Kingdom and Mexico. For more information, visit
Teledyne Technologies’ website at www.teledyne.com.
Forward-Looking Statements Cautionary Notice
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to a
contract award. Actual results could differ materially from these
forward-looking statements. Many factors, including funding,
continuation and award of government programs could change the
anticipated results.